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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
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I don't rate them, I just hit them.
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What's tough is being good every day.
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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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In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.
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Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.
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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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I don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em.
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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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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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When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But, when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.
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I didn't teach you that. Catch the ball with your glove.
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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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Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business.
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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 mean to be bashful, but I was
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In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn't drive, but I had it in the parking lot there, and everybody that could drive would drive the car. So it was like a community thing
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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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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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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
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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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