Willie Mays
Birthday: 6 May 1931, Westfield, Alabama, USA
Birth Name: Willie Howard Mays
Height: 180 cm
Willie Mays was born on May 6, 1931 in Westfield, Alabama, USA as Willie Howard Mays. He is an actor, known for Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years (2000), Dream Girl of '67 (1966) ...Show More
Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what it most truly is is disguised combat. For a Show more
Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what it most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps. Hide
I don't compare 'em. I catch 'em.
I don't compare 'em. I catch 'em.
My father told me that I was able to walk when I was only six months old. And wouldn't you know it, Show more
My father told me that I was able to walk when I was only six months old. And wouldn't you know it, he got me walking after a baseball. Getting a baseball was just about the first thing I was able to do. He put two chairs close to each other and then put a baseball on one. I was clinging to the other. He walked me through two or three times. 'See the ball," he said. 'See the ball.' Then he turned me loose - and I went for the ball myself. When he knew I could chase a ball, he gave me batting lessons. He handed me a rubber ball and a little stick maybe two feet long, and sat me in the middle of the floor. I'd play with the ball all day long, hitting it with the stick, then crawling or toddling after it across the room. My dad was determined that if I wanted to, I would become a baseball player and not end up in the steel mills the way he did. Hide
Over the years, a lot of organizations have asked me to be their spokesman, or have wanted me to mak Show more
Over the years, a lot of organizations have asked me to be their spokesman, or have wanted me to make speeches about my experiences as a black athlete, or to talk to Congressmen about racial issues in sports. But see, I never recall trouble. I believe I had a happy childhood. Besides playing school sports, we'd play football against the white kids. And we thought nothing of it, neither the blacks nor the whites. ... I never got into a fight that was caused by racism. Hide
[on fellow ball-player Ernie Banks] Eddie would famously say, 'It's a beautiful day for a baseball g Show more
[on fellow ball-player Ernie Banks] Eddie would famously say, 'It's a beautiful day for a baseball game. Let's play two'. And I'd tell him, 'Ernie, we just played a double-header. Nobody wants to play anymore. We're all tired!' Then we'd all just laugh. Hide
You know, a lot of people said when I was forty, I should quit, but I don't think so. You should pla Show more
You know, a lot of people said when I was forty, I should quit, but I don't think so. You should play as long as you can and as long as you enjoy the game. In '73, I wasn't enjoying the game, so I quit in May, I retired, and they wouldn't let me retire. So I finished up in the World Series. But I say to players: Play as long as you can, because you only have one chance. Hide
I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and t Show more
I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? You cry because you love her. I cried, I guess, because I loved baseball and I knew I had to leave it. Hide
Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.
Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.
Youngsters of Little League can survive under-coaching a lot better than over-coaching.
Youngsters of Little League can survive under-coaching a lot better than over-coaching.
Willie Mays's FILMOGRAPHY
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