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Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.

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
Maybe
Born
Play
Ball
Balls
Truly

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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 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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What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.
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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 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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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 don't mean to be bashful, but I was
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In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.
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I don't rate them, I just hit them.
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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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They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
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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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Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.
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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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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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Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business.
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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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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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Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.
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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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