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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
Bashful
Mean
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I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
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Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run, milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued success throughout his career.
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I didn't teach you that. Catch the ball with your glove.
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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 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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In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.
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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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At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports.
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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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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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I always enjoyed playing ball, and it didn't matter to me whether I played with white kids or black. I never understood why an issue was made of who I played with, and I never felt comfortable, when I grew up, telling other people how to act
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Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.
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Never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do.
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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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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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What's tough is being good every day.
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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.
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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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