Baseball Quote by W. P. Kinsella

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

— Monte Irvin

[The World Series] introduced me for the first time to a team with a lot of black players. Detroit had about three of them:…

— Michael Eric Dyson

From the time when I started out, the best players around then were Roberto Baggio and Ryan Giggs.

— Raul

Once I found out that track and field was an organized sport, the era I followed more closely was that of Maurice Greene and…

— Justin Gatlin

I was fortunate to be around a lot of great people early on in my career. Jon Lester, Dexter Fowler, David Ross, Jon Jay,…

— Kyle Schwarber

Tony Todd, Avery Brooks and Cirroc Lofton were wonderful.

— Aron Eisenberg

I looked up to Don Quarrie and Michael Johnson when I was younger. They were the best in the 200m which was my main…

— Usain Bolt

Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions.…

— Al Kaline

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

Who in the world remembers who won the 1975 Westchester Classic or the 1978 Western Open? Basically, the majors are the only comparison over…

— Jack Nicklaus

Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms by pitching…

— Tom Seaver

I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches.

— Sachin Tendulkar