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I'm a very lucky guy. I had so many people help me over the years that I never had many problems. If I had a problem, I could sit down with someone and they would explain the problem to me, and the problem become like a baseball game
Willie Mays
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Willie Mays
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: May 6
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Jefferson County
Alabama
Willie Howard Mays Jr.
Willie Howard Mays
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What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.
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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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Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me.
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Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.
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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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I didn't teach you that. Catch the ball with your glove.
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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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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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