He loved basketball and was a quarterback in football , but his dad , Willie Howard Mays Sr. , guided him to baseball partly because of the longevity factor .
Mays excelled at several sports as a kid , naturally .
Mays loved basketball and was a quarterback in football , but Mays ' dad Mays       Sr. , guided him to baseball partly because of the longevity factor .
Mays excelled at several sports as a kid , naturally .