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Willie Mays Inspirational Quotes (41)

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When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But, when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.
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I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
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I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park.
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Never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do.
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In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.
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Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.
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And my father didn't have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn't have black quarterbacks, and I don't think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5′ 11. So I just picked baseball.
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When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it.
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Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.
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The catch off Bobby Morgan (a backhanded grab of the Brooklyn Dodger's line drive in September 1951 at Ebbets Field) in Brooklyn was the best catch I ever made. Jackie Robinson and (Giants manager) Leo Durocher were the first people I saw when I opened my eyes
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In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn't drive, but I had it in the parking lot there, and everybody that could drive would drive the car. So it was like a community thing
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That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became a professional baseball player to do all these things and know what each guy would hit.
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I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.
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They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
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I don't rate them, I just hit them.
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When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was.
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In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.
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