Alex Rodriguez Quotes

Derek Jeter seems like a cool dude.

I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

Now Joe Cronin was very good. I loved Joe Cronin, to play for.

Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.

As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived.

Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets.

My favorite player growing up was actually Jeter.

I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop, but because Honus (Wagner) could have been first at any other position, with the possible exception of pitcher. In all my career, I never saw such a versatile player.

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

Before seeing 'The Pride of the Yankees,' you may or may not know that the Yankees referred to are the ones who win the World Series each year. After seeing it you will find that the reference is indirect.

God is the Man, and there's another Man, Stan 'The Man' Musial in St. Louis.

The Greatest Living Yankee is Whitey Ford, who came out of Aviation High School, which was then in Manhattan, and helped pitch the Yankees to victory in the 1950 World Series when he was 21.

When I was working on the unauthorized biography 'Stan Musial: An American Life,' which came out in 2011, old opponents recalled how Musial knew their names after they had been in the majors only a few days.

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. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.

I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench.

There was Shawon Dunston and Mark Grace, and together we were a double play combination for ten years.

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.

When I played, Old-Timers' Day was my favorite day of the whole season, because I got to share a locker with one of the great Yankees... It was an out-of-body experience.

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

Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

There's absolutely no comparisons to me or anyone else to Willie Mays. Willie Mays, he's the greatest baseball player of all time.

We strove for more than 60 years to give Joe DiMaggio the hero's life. From his debut at Yankee Stadium in 1936 until his death in 1999, DiMaggio was, at every turn, one man we could look at who made us feel good.

I'm a Red Sox fan, but I still have a lot of respect for Mariano Rivera, who's the best closer of all-time.