Willie McCovey Quotes & Sayings
12 most famous Willie McCovey quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 86 year old American athlete born on Jan 10, 1938.
“Winning is a serious matter.”
“In my first year, when I was driving in runs, winning games and making headlines, there was an old man who came to games at Seals Stadium, and one day he called me over, introduced himself and told me not to believe anything written about me or think too much of all the accolades.”
“I had talked for years about doing a restaurant with Rocky Dudum, who's been my friend since I first came to San Francisco. Then Rocky's son, Jeff, said he wanted to design it, so he traveled around the country to sports restaurants like Mickey Mantle's and Michael Jordan's, and he came up with a great concept.”
“Ballplayers, like everyone else, like to get told they did something right.”
“I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.”
“Even during my career, when I read all those great things about me, it's almost like I was reading about someone else. It's almost like there was another person.”
“I've always had a connection here in the city from the first day I arrived. I stayed in the city. I made San Francisco my home. I was seen in the offseason at a lot of different functions, and people liked that.”
“I was doing what I love to do: play baseball. Not going to complain about that.”
“I could run like a gazelle, couldn't I?”
“I loved coming up with players in scoring position and I had to drive them in.”
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