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Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.
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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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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The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I had to come out of baseball and come into the business world, not being a college graduate, not being educated to come into the business world the way I should have.
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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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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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I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? It's like crying for your mother after she's gone. You cry because you love her. I cried, I guess, because I loved baseball, and I knew I had to leave it.
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In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.
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Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business.
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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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Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.
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I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
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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 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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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 don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em.
Willie Mays
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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If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.
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I'm not the type of guy to go out and just say, 'Hey, I'm raising my fist to do this and do that.' I don't think I'm that type of guy. I wasn't a leader the way other people may have wanted me to be.
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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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