Alex Rodriguez Quotes

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.

Everyone has someone they looked up to. Mine was Mickey Mantle. For Alex Rodriguez to idolize me coming up, that makes me feel very good.

Babe Ruth made a baseball fan of me. I used to go to Yankee Stadium just to see him come to bat.

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

There is only one El Hombre and that is Stan Musial.

I don't know why Roger (Maris) isn't in the hall of fame. To me, he was as good as there ever was.

People say Yogi (Berra) is a strange guy, and I've heard Yogi say some funny things. But he has a beautiful wife, he's rich, and he's famous. I don't see anything strange about that.

He (Babe Ruth) hits a ball harder and further than any man I ever saw.

He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country.

The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.

He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a ballplayer. Ty Cobb was the best. That seemed to be all he wanted.

Ernie Banks was a great great player and when he no longer could play, he became a great ambassador for the game. He represented the game with the highest of class and dignity. Everybody loved Ernie Banks. He enjoyed baseball, life and people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We have truly lost a baseball giant.

Guys like LeBron, Chris Paul, Kobe... They all speak to me. It's just insane that all these top tier guys who have been in the All-Star game for so many years actually know who I am. I mean not in a million years did I think that Kobe would speak to me.

I think I am the first hockey player in India to have a wax statue of his own. It is a great honour.

When you hear from other players and they're telling you you're the best pitcher in baseball, that makes you feel really good.

Just like every other kid in my grade school, I was listening to my little radio plug in my ear when Mickey Mantle hit 18 post-season homers and won series after series for the Yankees. I listened and I learned from that. I think he was the original 'Mr. October,' but thank god it didn't stick.

When you first hear about this guy (Stan Musial), you say, 'it can't be true.' When you first meet him you say, 'It must be an act.' But as you watch him and watch him and see how he performs and how he comports himself you say, 'He's truly one of a kind.' There will never be another like him.

But I think the Great DiMaggio would be proud of me today.

He's (Willie Stargell) such a big strong guy he should love that porch. He's got power enough to hit home runs in any park, including Yellowstone.

There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived

A day doesn't go by when I don't get a compliment on L.A. Confidential, for example.

This is a tremendous honor (winning the 2002 Roberto Clemente Award), to be considered in the same class as Roberto Clemente. He is a hero and role model for all of us who play the game and strive to be as good a player and person as he was.

I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron.