“"I don't know what Joe (DiMaggio) wanted (in regards to being called 'the greatest living ballplayer'), but I don't have a problem, if he wanted to do that. He was my hero. Joe was the best all-around player. Joe was the best. I only played against him once, in the '51 Series.”— Willie Mays, baseball-almanac.com
“Nick has been solid all summer. He's played in the Lima Juniors and Toledo Juniors and dedicated himself to getting better. He's playing great and is really striking the ball well.”— Jim Brown, successories.com
“"I've given everything I can possible to the game, on and off the field.”— Emmitt Smith, successories.com
“I'm very confident I'm one of the best to ever play the game, but once you talk about the greatest, how can you define greatest?”— Emmitt Smith, successories.com
“When he was healthy, there was nobody better than Campanella as both a catcher and a hitter. But I played with Del Crandall a long time and he was a match for anybody defensively.”— Hank Aaron, en.wikiquote.org