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I was very fortunate to play sports. All the anger in me went out. I had to do what I had to do. If you stay angry all the time, then you really don't have a good life.

Willie Mays

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Willie Mays
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: May 6
Baseball Player
Jefferson County
Alabama
Willie Howard Mays Jr.
Willie Howard Mays
The Say Hey Kid
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I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I used the baseball world to talk about their product. Not too much, just enough to keep going. Just be yourself and you'll never have a problem. That's what I did.
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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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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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I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
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They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
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Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.
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Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business.
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Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.
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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 didn't teach you that. Catch the ball with your glove.
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Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.
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Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me.
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