Famous quote by Willie Mays

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"And my father didn't have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn't have black quarterbacks, and I don't think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5' 11". So I just picked baseball"

- Willie Mays

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This quote is written / told by Willie Mays somewhere between March 6, 1931 and today. He was a famous Athlete from USA. The author also have 31 other quotes.

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