Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over his head. Sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night I think about it. It still makes me warm.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.
Willie Mays was the best baseball player I ever saw. He could do anything.
As much as I loved Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Don Newcombe, I loved watching Willie Mays play more than all of them combined, even if he played for the 'bad guys!'
I always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous.
Leo Durocher was our manager and he brought Willie up to me and said, 'This is Willie Mays and he's your new roommate.' You could see right away that this young man was a natural. He had those real big hands, great power and speed and would catch everything hit in his direction. He's the best center fielder that ever lived, no question.
Oscar Charleston was the Willie Mays of his day. Nobody ever played center field better than Willie Mays. Suppose they had never given Willie a chance, and we said that, would anybody believe there was a kid in Alabama who was that good? Or there was a black guy in Atlanta who might break Babe Ruth's home run record? No.
I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.
Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency.
When I'm up against a wall, that's when Billy Mays performs best.
There's absolutely no comparisons to me or anyone else to Willie Mays. Willie Mays, he's the greatest baseball player of all time.