I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I used… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I had to come out of… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run, milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
I'm a very lucky guy. I had so many people help me over the years that I never had many problems. If… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
I don't know what Joe (DiMaggio) wanted (in regards to being called 'the greatest living ballplayer'), but I don't have a problem,… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
The catch off Bobby Morgan (a backhanded grab of the Brooklyn Dodger's line drive in September 1951 at Ebbets Field) in Brooklyn… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
And my father didn't have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn't have black quarterbacks,… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
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… — Willie Mays Copy Share
I didn't say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing. — Willie Mays Copy Share
When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But, when I'm hitting, I hit anybody. — Willie Mays Copy Share
Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching. — Willie Mays Copy Share
I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I used the baseball… — Willie Mays Copy Share
What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all. — Willie Mays Copy Share
I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play. — Willie Mays Copy Share
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… — Willie Mays Copy Share
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… — Willie Mays Copy Share
Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run, milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued success throughout… — Willie Mays Copy Share
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… — Willie Mays Copy Share
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… — Willie Mays Copy Share
