List of 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.

I Would Try And Help Everybody, Because The Game Was So Easy For Me. It Was Just Like Walking In The Park.

I Was Very Blessed With A Good Body. Never Got Hurt. Never Was In The Hospital. The Only Time I Was In The Hospital Was When I Would Get Exhausted A Little Bit, And Go In For A Check-up Or Something.

I Think I Was Programmed To Do Good Things When I Came Into The Majors. I Knew How To Play.

"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."

Yes, I Had To Learn How To Live Life Outside, But I Had So Many People Help Me.

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

I Didn't Teach You That. Catch The Ball With Your Glove.

I Don't Mean To Be Bashful, But I Was

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.

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.

When I Was In Birmingham I Used To Go To A Place Called Redwood Field. I Used To Get There For A Two O'clock Game. Where Can You Make This Kind Of Money Playing Sports? It Was Just A Pleasure To Go Out And Enjoy Myself And Get Paid For It.