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Mays

«He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still»
«A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation»
«Any ballplayers that played for me on either the Cardinals or the Yankees could come to me if he were in need and I would give him a helping hand. I made only two exceptions, Carl Mays and Joe Bush. If they were in a gutter, I'd kick them.»
«I think it's incredible because there were guys like Mays and Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years.»
«They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.»
«Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.»
«The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.»
«I used to dream how good it would be to be Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle. My dreams have died. Even the rotten rings aren't what they're supposed to be. I'll buy my own diamonds. I can afford it now. No one gives you anything, you've got to get it for yourself.»

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