Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

Ewing attended the University of Tennessee. Afterwards he went on to play in Japan for the Nippon-Ham Fighters where he had moderate power and reasonable success. He got his master's degree in Exercise Physiology and worked on his doctorate in Sports Psychology at Michigan State University.

His final American League game was on October 1 1978. Ewing attended the University of Tennessee.