Quote by Willie Mays
Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most t

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps. – Willie Mays

Other quotes by Willie Mays

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two oclock 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. – Willie Mays

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Sports
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Thats how easy baseball was for me. Im not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became a professional baseball player to do all these things and know what each guy would hit. – Willie Mays

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Knowledge
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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 destructive criticism. Without 100 percent dedication, you wont be able to do this. – Willie Mays

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Devotion
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Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community. – David Byrne

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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else. – Baltasar Gracian

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Death is a billion-dollar business. They cant even pass a law where it takes seven days to get a gun. Why dont you have to go through the same kind of screening you do to get a drivers license? Its totally insane. – John Cusack

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The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. – Pierre Trudeau

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