With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer…

I learned the game on the radio. Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons were the Giants broadcasters when I was growing up in the Bay…

— Jon Miller

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with…

— Ernie Harwell

On behalf of Major League Baseball, I am terribly saddened by the sudden passing of Kirby Puckett. He was a Hall of Famer in…

— Bud Selig

I like to use my Larry Bird analogy, because I'm from Boston. It must have been frustrating playing behind Larry Bird. Because no matter…

— Matt Hasselbeck

As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.

— Rick Warren

Playing behind a first-ballot Hall of Famer, who also is the all-time record holder for consecutive starts by a quarterback, it's a different mind-set.…

— Aaron Rodgers

It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there…

— Bernadette Peters

If I'm compared to Babe Ruth or Willie Mays, that's great. But I'm just going to go out there and be myself.

— Ken Griffey, Jr

I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.

— Eric Davis

“There have only been two geniuses in the world — Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.”

— Tallulah Bankhead

He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me…

— Warren Spahn

“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.…

— George Saunders

If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line…

— Mickey Mantle

There have only been two authentic geniuses in the world, Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare and I think you'd better put Shakespeare first, darling.

— Tallulah Bankhead

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— Wu Tang