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Willie Mays Quotes

Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over his head. Sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night I think about it. It still makes me warm Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When I’m not hitting, I don’t hit nobody. But, when I’m hitting, I hit anybody Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was Picture Quote #1

People talk about that catch and, I’ve said this many times, that I’ve made better catches than that many times in regular season. But of course in my time, you didn’t have a lot of television during the regular season. A lot of people didn’t see me do a lot of things Picture Quote #1

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Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day Picture Quote #1

What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all Picture Quote #1

One of the hardest parts of practice is the criticism a player takes from his coaches. Some players think a coach has it in for them when a flaw in style is pointed out... I know that when things start going wrong, for one, I get the coach to keep his eye on me to see what I’m suddenly doing wrong. I can’t see it or I wouldn’t be doing it in the first place Picture Quote #1

I didn’t say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing Picture Quote #1

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It’s not hard. When I’m not hitting, I don’t hit nobody. But when I’m hitting, I hit anybody Picture Quote #1

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Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over his head. Sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night I think about it. It still makes me warm (Willie Mays Quotes) 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 (Willie Mays Quotes) When I’m not hitting, I don’t hit nobody. But, when I’m hitting, I hit anybody (Willie Mays Quotes) 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 (Willie Mays Quotes) 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 (Willie Mays Quotes) I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play (Willie Mays Quotes) 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 (Willie Mays Quotes) I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park (Willie Mays Quotes) 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 (Willie Mays Quotes) 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 (Willie Mays Quotes) When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was (Willie Mays Quotes) People talk about that catch and, I’ve said this many times, that I’ve made better catches than that many times in regular season. But of course in my time, you didn’t have a lot of television during the regular season. A lot of people didn’t see me do a lot of things (Willie Mays Quotes) Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me (Willie Mays Quotes) 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 (Willie Mays Quotes) It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day (Willie Mays Quotes) What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all (Willie Mays Quotes) One of the hardest parts of practice is the criticism a player takes from his coaches. Some players think a coach has it in for them when a flaw in style is pointed out... I know that when things start going wrong, for one, I get the coach to keep his eye on me to see what I’m suddenly doing wrong. I can’t see it or I wouldn’t be doing it in the first place (Willie Mays Quotes) I didn’t say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing (Willie Mays Quotes) It’s not hard. When I’m not hitting, I don’t hit nobody. But when I’m hitting, I hit anybody (Willie Mays Quotes)

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