Special Quote of the Day- Willie Mays

Today, we quote baseball legend Willie Mays, who is still alive and well at age 79. Mays played from 1951-1973 with the New York/San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets (at the end of his career).

He is considered to be one of the very, very best players to ever play the game along with Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio and Hank Aaron.

Mays made 24 All-Star Game appearances and he hit 660 homeruns. But, surprsingly enough, he only won one World Series with the 1954 New York Giants. May is also known by his nicknmae "The Say Hey Kid" and he mentioned in the John Fogerty song "Centerfield."

Here is the quote:

"Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson."

Special Quote of the Week- Jackie Robinson

Today's quote of the day comes from the baseball great Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) who was born in Cairo, Georgia, and went on to become Major League Baseball's first African-American player when he joined the then-Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

Ironically, Robinson died at 53 as did Babe Ruth, who is featured on our other blog "The Daily Vampire," and the Bambino also passed away a year after Robinson's historic entrance into baseball.

Here is the quote from Robinson:

"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants to quit when's ahead."

Special Quote of the Week- Jackie Robinson

Since this is Black History Month, and we are tied up on other blog "The Daily Vampire" with Winter Olympic coverage, we thought we post an additional Quote of the Week here. We normally post these quotes on Mondays.

Our subject today is the great baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) who broke a color barrier when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Robinson was a member of six Dodgers' teams that went to the World Series, including the 1955 World Champion team.

Robinson is also the subject of an excellent theatrical play "Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting," which is in the L.A. Theatre Works' audio collection. The production features Ed Asner and David Dawning.

The L.A. Dodgers begin spring training in Glendale, Ariz., soon. Their first home game in spring training is against the Chicago White Sox on March 6.

Here is the quote from Robinson:

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."