Quote by Willie Mays
When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Fi

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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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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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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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 dont have a good life. – Willie Mays

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Competition is the spice of sports but if you make spice the whole meal youll be sick. – George Leonard

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Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game. – Branch Rickey

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Sport was my absolute love. It was very sporty household. We had my – my brother and I both loved sports. – Delta Goodrem

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Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending. – Neil Simon

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