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Never assume the other guy will never do something you would never do.

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
Guy
Something
Never
Would
Assume
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I don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em.
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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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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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Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.
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What's tough is being good every day.
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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 don't rate them, I just hit them.
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Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.
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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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I don't mean to be bashful, but I 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 think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
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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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Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.
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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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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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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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