One Thanksgiving, we ate at his house, ... We watched old film, and I got to see his retired jersey [No. 63]. Man, that was something.


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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...
WILLIE MAYS
All my kids were raised on computers: They were home-schooled on the Internet, so they're pretty...
WILLIE NELSON
I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans wo...
WILLIE NELSON
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
WILLIE NELSON
Thanks to all the fans from Detroit and Philly who are recognizing what type of player I am, and I h...
WILLIE GREEN
I didn't become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologis...
WILLIE AAMES
My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old...
WILLIE NELSON
Like a lot of kids, I had a Superman cake or different theme cakes, but then I hit the age where I t...
WILLIE GEIST
I often eat Skippy's Super Chunk peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon. I don't shameful...
WILLIE GEIST
Chris Rock is a very funny man.
WILLIE GEIST
There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone...
WILLIE STARGELL
It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you.
WILLIE AAMES
I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state ...
WILLIE AAMES
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
WILLIE NELSON
I don't mean to be bashful, but I was.
WILLIE MAYS
If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other t...
WILLIE MAYS
I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
WILLIE MAYS
I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I u...
WILLIE MAYS
I'm a very lucky guy. I had so many people help me over the years that I never had many problems...
WILLIE MAYS
Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are ...
WILLIE NELSON
Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you us...
WILLIE AAMES
We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands b...
WILLIE STARGELL
I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, sa...
WILLIE AAMES
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
WILLIE NELSON
When you go through a traumatic event, there's a lot of shame that comes with that. A lot of los...
WILLIE AAMES
We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
WILLIE STARGELL
Watching 'CSI: Miami' is like watching 'Teen Jeopardy!' or doing the crossword puzzl...
WILLIE GEIST
Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
WILLIE STARGELL
I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadiu...
WILLIE STARGELL
I'm not a coffee drinker, so my drink is kind of like a girlie skim chai latte. I'm not prou...
WILLIE GEIST
Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For a...
WILLIE MAYS
Si's beard is really awkward. One side is longer than the other, and it's about three differ...
WILLIE ROBERTSON
There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to beat, but only one way to win; get there first.
WILLIE SHOEMAKER
You can hear it. You chuckle when you see them get on a guy like that. But it means a guy must be do...
WILLIE MITCHELL
I got the impression that both parties are desperately interested in settling this strike,
WILLIE BROWN
In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours.
WILLIE BROWN
I'm pretty sure people are going to start writing letters again once the email fad passes.
WILLIE GEIST
Give the pitcher credit, he threw the ball well. We didn't muster much of an offense.
WILLIE RANDOLPH
I'm going to have 10 pork roasts rotating on a rotisserie grill, and we're going to serve it with dr...
WILLIE WILSON