Legendary Players Quotes

There won't be more Messis, and we don't expect there to be more, as there won't be another generation in La Masia like the one with Xavi, Busi, Puyol, Iniesta and me.

I can tell my grandkids that I played with Drew Brees and Tom Brady, and Flacco will definitely be added to that list.

We know Manchester United's history and the fact the club is known for winning trophies.

In the old days Michael Jordan and Larry Bird worked for everything they got. They worked hard on their game.

Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would not match Mantle's.

If you look at the history of Manchester United, they are always a big side, so there is no time of underestimating them.

The Celtics are an amazing franchise and a great organization to play with.

When I played for Stuttgart, I met Manchester United and Chelsea. With United, I immediately think of the duels with Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes and with Chelsea, it was John Terry. Those players are symbols of their clubs and the success they had at that time.

It is my hope that Babar Azam will become a bigger player like Virat Kohli.

Every club has legends, and at Barcelona, Cruyff and Pep are going to be spoken about forever, knowing what they've achieved and in what style.

I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.

I think the greatest player I've ever played against was Magic Johnson. Next, was Larry Bird. Then, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

It would mean a lot to me to get into the Hall of Fame, to be grouped with some of the greatest players in history.

There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.

It was a great time in my career, playing for Barcelona with the best players in the world, in the best team in the world at that moment. It was amazing for me. I can always say to anyone that I played at Barcelona with Messi, with Xavi, with Iniesta, with Pedro, with Pique. And we won a lot of trophies.

I had this DVD that my coach in Cameroon had mailed to me when I first came to America. It was an hour-long tape of Hakeem Olajuwon and some other legendary big men. I probably watched that DVD every single day for three years.

I would never have wanted to play with Magic Johnson, I would never have wanted to play with Michael Jordan, I would never have wanted to play with Karl Malone or John Stockton in my prime. We wanted to play against the Shaqs, the Kobes.

We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

AC Milan will always be a great team.

When I say I played with the greatest, let's not forget I also played for the greatest coach of all time.

There is nothing like playing at Wimbledon; you can feel the footprints of the legends of the game-men and women-that have graced those courts.

The Glove is in the Hall of Fame with the greats.

Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.

Messi is top but Maradona is another world.

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.