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Quote by Willie Mays
Thats how easy baseball was for me. Im not trying to brag or anyth

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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In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldnt drive, but I had it in the parking lot there, and everybody that could drive would drive the car. So it was like a community thing. – Willie Mays

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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

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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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