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They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
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 very blessed with a good body. Never got hurt. Never was in the hospital. The only time I was in the hospital was when I would get exhausted a little bit, and go in for a check-up or something.
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In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.
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Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.
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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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Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.
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I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
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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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Never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do.
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I didn't teach you that. Catch the ball with your glove.
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I don't mean to be bashful, but I was
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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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Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.
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I don't know what Joe (DiMaggio) wanted (in regards to being called 'the greatest living ballplayer'), but I don't have a problem, if he wanted to do that. He was my hero. Joe was the best all-around player. Joe was the best. I only played against him once, in the '51 Series.
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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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I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days.
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It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.
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