Willie conquered me. I had not come to praise him and sycophancy annoys me, but he brought to the game the outstanding collection of skills in our time and deepest enthusiasm to play I've seen. He was the ultimate combination of the professional full of talent and the amateur, a word that traces to the Latin "amator," lover, and suggests one who brings a passion to what he does."
-Roger Kahn, Beyond the Boys of Summer, p. 124, writing about Willie Mays
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