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 don't think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5' 11". So I just picked baseball.
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They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.Willie Mays
Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.
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Hopefully, they can say, There goes the best baseball player in the world. I honestly believe I did everything in baseball that a baseball player can do, and I did it with love.
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The home-field advantage in baseball, to me, I don't understand. I had to play as well on the road as I did at home.
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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.
Willie Mays
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