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I don't rate them, I just hit them.
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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They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do.
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Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business.
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In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.
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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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What's tough is being good every day.
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When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it.
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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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Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me.
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I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.
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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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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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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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