Babe Quote by Sandy Koufax

Willie Mays was the best baseball player I ever saw. He could do anything.

— Doug Harvey

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

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

Oscar Charleston was the Willie Mays of his day. Nobody ever played center field better than Willie Mays. Suppose they had never given Willie…

— Monte Irvin

I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.

— Monte Irvin

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.

— Reggie Jackson

You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a really good…

— Bill Bryson

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

— George Steinbrenner

All my life in professional baseball, people said 'He could be better.'

— Ken Griffey Jr

I could have been the next Babe Ruth. No doubt about it.

— Ryan Garcia

I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

— Monte Irvin

The Negro League had some of the best players in history. Satchel Paige was probably one of the best pitchers in the history of…

— Mark Kurlansky