Mays Quotes
27 quotes by 21 authors
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I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning. My mother, Willie…
— John Henrik Clarke
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I never dreamed about being President, I wanted to be Willie Mays.
— George W. Bush
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If I'm compared to Babe Ruth or Willie Mays, that's great. But I'm just going to go out there and be myself.
— Ken Griffey, Jr.
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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
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I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. (Babe) Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is to golf. He…
— Sandy Koufax
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I think it's incredible because there were guys like (Willie) Mays and (Mickey) Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I…
— Sandy Koufax
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He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me and…
— Warren Spahn
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To be good you've gotta have a lot of little boy in you. When you see Willie Mays and Ted Williams jumping and hopping around…
— Roy Campanella
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Any ballplayers that played for me on either the Cardinals or the Yankees could come to me if he were in need and I would…
— Miller Huggins
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What an invaluable handbook! Lori A. May has done her research, knows her stuff, and, whats best, lets the programs speak for themselves through her…
— Molly Peacock
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Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and…
— A. E. Housman
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I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.
— Monte Irvin
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When you get to be my age, you begin to count how many Mays you have left - the best time of year for flowers…
— Robert Bateman
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I'm being compared to the impossible. I never saw Mays, Aaron or Clemente play. What about the people I face every day? Tim Raines is…
— Eric Davis
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I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the next this or that. It's tough on a…
— Eric Davis
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I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.
— Eric Davis
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With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.
— Ernie Harwell
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Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with his…
— Ernie Harwell
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I'm not sure what the hell charisma is, but I get the feeling it's Willie Mays.
— Ted Kluszewski
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I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.
— Monte Irvin
Who Wrote These Mays Quotes
21 authors contributed a total of 27 Mays Quotes as follows: