Willie Wells Quotes

United States, Baseball Player
August 10, 1906 – January, 22, 1989.

Willie James Wells, nicknamed "The Devil," was an American baseball player. He was a shortstop who played from 1924-48 for various teams in the Negro leagues and in Latin America.

I was branded a Negro in the States and had to act accordingly. They wouldn't even give me a chance in the big leagues because I was a Negro, yet they accepted every other nationality under the sun.

Willie Wells
- Chance
- Negro
- Leagues
Willie WellsOne of the main reasons I came back to Mexico is because I've found freedom and democracy here, something I never found in the United States.

Willie Wells
- Freedom
- Democracy
- Never

Ignorance is pitiful! If you are ignorant and stupid, you are sick - white, black, green, I don't care.

Willie Wells
- Care
- Stupid
- Ignorance