top of page
Quote_1.png
Willie Mays

"When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was."

Standard 
 Customized
"When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was."

Exlpore more Sports quotes

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"So when we start talking about the state and all those that are so important and engaged and supportive around Florida, we've gotten overwhelming support, and it's so exciting."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder," rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Of course, we also have the responsibility to win games and the difficulty in the job is to combine both."

Explore more quotes by Willie Mays

Quote_1.png
Willie Mays
"If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer."
Quote_1.png
Willie Mays
"Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson."
Quote_1.png
Willie Mays
"I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park."
Quote_1.png
Willie Mays
"I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play."
Quote_1.png
Willie Mays
"Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was."
Quote_1.png
Willie Mays
"I always enjoyed playing ball, and it didn't matter to me whether I played with white kids or black. I never understood why an issue was made of who I played with, and I never felt comfortable, when I grew up, telling other people how to act."
Quote_1.png
Willie Mays
"Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation."
Quote_1.png
Willie Mays
"In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this."
Quote_1.png
Willie Mays
"People talk about that catch and, I've said this many times, that I've made better catches than that many times in regular season. But of course in my time, you didn't have a lot of television during the regular season. A lot of people didn't see me do a lot of things."
Quote_1.png
Willie Mays
"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."
bottom of page