Walter Alston Quotes

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

I know that there are no famous 'Doug Harvey plays.' And I'm proud of that.

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

I'm not sure Mark McGwire was a Hall of Famer to begin with.

Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row.

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

With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

I was a huge fan of Bobby Cox, a huge fan of Chipper Jones and John Smoltz. And just those guys, I grew up watching those guys and often wondered early on in my career if I would ever have the chance to play for the Atlanta Braves, and there it was. God kind of answered my prayers.

In the spring of 1957, Mickey Mantle was the king of New York. He had the Triple Crown to prove it, having become only the 12th player in history to earn baseball's gaudiest jewel. In 1956, he had finally fulfilled the promise of his promise, batting .353, with 52 homers and 130 RBIs. Everybody loved Mickey.

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

Maybe in another life, I wanna be Aaron Judge.

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

The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.

I feel like not knowing Joe Torre is a hole in my New York experience.

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

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

I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame.

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.

I want to be part of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, but I don't want to be part of the kind of Hall of Fame that's based on voters' beliefs and assumptions.

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.

When I came into baseball, I had one goal for my career - the Hall of Fame.

I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special.

Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

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