They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

Come on, when does it come to the point where your name can't come up in trade talks? Willie Mays got traded. Pedro Martinez…

— Eric Davis

Leo Durocher was our manager and he brought Willie up to me and said, 'This is Willie Mays and he's your new roommate.' You…

— Monte Irvin

Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over his head.…

— David Duchovny

I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.

— Monte Irvin

Willie Mays could throw better, and Hank Aaron could hit more home runs. But I've got enthusiasm. I've got desire. I've got hustle. Those…

— Pete Rose

I had some great role models along the way. My on-field heroes were the great Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, and Willie Mays. I wanted…

— Allan Ray

Willie Mays was the best baseball player I ever saw. He could do anything.

— Doug Harvey

Oscar Charleston was the Willie Mays of his day. Nobody ever played center field better than Willie Mays. Suppose they had never given Willie…

— Monte Irvin

As much as I loved Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Don Newcombe, I loved watching Willie Mays play more than all of…

— Cheech Marin

When I'm up against a wall, that's when Billy Mays performs best.

— Billy Mays

I think it's incredible because there were guys like Mays and Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only…

— Sandy Koufax

Hi, Billy Mays here for...

— Billy Mays

I can't very well tell my batters don't hit it to him. Wherever they hit it, he's there anyway (Mays).

— Gil Hodges

There have only been two authentic geniuses in the world, Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare and I think you'd better put Shakespeare first, darling.

— Tallulah Bankhead

“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.…

— George Saunders