MVP Award Quotes

Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.

Everybody's goal in the NBA is to win a Championship - that's the ultimate.

A lot of people, when they see my career, they hear or remember, 'Sat on the bench four years in college, got cut by the Packers, worked in a grocery store, and then won the Super Bowl.' That's kind of the timeline the people see when they hear 'Kurt Warner.'

Maybe in another life, I wanna be Aaron Judge.

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

I expected to be a pretty good NBA point guard and hopefully win a championship. But MVP and all this stuff? Not really.

I never looked at my mantel and envisioned an MVP trophy sitting there. This is pretty crazy.

Then I want to beat Anthony Davis' shot-block record, and I want to win National Player of the Year. I definitely plan to put the work in to accomplish those goals.

Baseball needs more superstars.

I have been blessed to win a number of awards and be involved in numerous historical baseball moments over my 20-year career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres.

Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row.

In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.

After I failed to win the Most Valuable Player Award in 1960, I made up my mind I'd win the batting title in 1961 for the first time.

I'd take the Defensive Player of the Year any day over an All-Star selection. There's only one of these in the whole league every year.

I remember Terry being exhausted from his latest Super Bowl win and all the things that go with it.

I think everyone in this league should aim to become good enough to shoot for the MVP. Not everyone can do it, but you've gotta try your hardest.

When you look at not just for Sixth Man but also for any award in the NBA even when it comes to the MVP, you should look at their impact to their team.

To win MVP was a dream come true for sure, but there are guys who have done this multiple times.

It was much more fun playing with him than against him. If you wanted one pitcher to start the seventh game of the World Series, which he did in 1945, you'd pick Hal Newhouser.

I didn't expect this award [the 2008 MVP] would come to me. I'm surprised. I've played pretty well in other seasons. Our team hasn't been as good. Things just fell into place.

I did play flag football. I actually got my lip busted. My team was really good; we won first place in the season, and won the Super Bowl. I was one of the defense guys. I was really good.

In the spring of 1957, Mickey Mantle was the king of New York. He had the Triple Crown to prove it, having become only the 12th player in history to earn baseball's gaudiest jewel. In 1956, he had finally fulfilled the promise of his promise, batting .353, with 52 homers and 130 RBIs. Everybody loved Mickey.

My biggest frustration with the Heisman is it's become the MVP of the national champion, or a team going to the National Championship game. That's what it's turned into. If you're not undefeated, you're out of the running.

It needs to be said, over and over again, that Stan the Man was voted by 'The Sporting News' as the best baseball player of the postwar decade, from 1946 through 1955.

There's nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it's something positive about Allen Iverson.