11 quotes
"It isn’t hard to be good from time to time….What’s hard is being good every day."
- Willie Mays
Hard Work
"I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw."
- Willie Mays
Belief in Self
"It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day."
- Willie Mays
Persistence
"It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough is being good every day"
- Willie Mays
Persistence
"It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day."
- Willie Mays
Persistence
"What's tough is being good every day."
- Willie Mays
Persistence
"I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? It's like crying for your mother after she's gone. You cry because you love her. I cried, I guess, because I loved baseball and I knew I had to leave it."
- Willie Mays
Reflection
"I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? It's like crying for your mother after she's gone. I cried, I guess, because I loved baseball and I knew I had to leave it."
- Willie Mays
Reflection
"It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough is being good every day."
- Willie Mays
Determination
"What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all."
- Willie Mays
Mindfulness
"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."
- Willie Mays
Self-care