Baseball Star Quotes

I didn't see Kirby Puckett as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Gary Carter as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Don Sutton as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Phil Niekro as a Hall of Famer. As much as I like Jim Rice, I'm not so sure he's a Hall of Famer.

Mickey Mantle was baseball.

I used to watch Monte Irvin play when I was a kid. I idolized him. I used to wait in front of the ballpark just for him to pass by so I could see him.

Mike Trout is unbelievable. He's one of the best players in baseball right now, if not the best.

There will never be another Mariano Rivera. He was a friend and a champion of a teammate.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

I want to be the LeBron James of baseball.

Wherever Mantle went in the great metropolis - Danny's Hideaway, the Latin Quarter, the '21' Club, the Stork Club, El Morocco, Toots Shor's - his preferred drink was waiting when he walked through the door. Reporters waited at his locker for monosyllabic bons mots. Boys clustered by the players' gate, hoping to touch him.

I'm proud to be here as a man that has played first base more than anybody in the game of baseball.

There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable.