Willie Mays Quotes

You've got to catch the ball.

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.

Volleyball was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.

Williams and Amherst Base Ball and Chess Muscle and Mind

When you see the ball in the air, you want to go make a play.

I'm ready to come out and show people I'm able to play defense.

Football is about balance.

It's a whole different world once you get into games. You have people actually trying to hit you, the speed of the game's a lot faster, you have a lot of different things you need to check and see. It's a whole different world up there once game time comes.

I've always prided myself on being a football player.

Basketball is so unique. It's both a team and an individual sport.

Football is the total team game.

Soccer was actually my first love, but eventually, basketball took that over.

I think football is a team sport.

I like to let the ball do the talking.

Football was easy because I knew what I was doing, and it was in my control.

Football is a game, and people have to be cunning.

Football is a very instinctual game, and it's very fast-paced.

I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

I tried to play rugby but was never very good.

I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.

I would still like to get more athletic and have players that can really cover what's going on in the game.

The first good player I watched as a kid was Joe DiMaggio, and that was like ballet. Since then, I played sandlot and college ball and came to understand how difficult it can be.

One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.