Paul Simon Quotes

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

At every step in his life, DiMaggio was what New Yorkers wanted in a hero.

You watch all those moments that Jeter had for the Yankees. You can tell by the fans' reaction how much he meant to them and how much he meant to the city, how much he meant to the game of baseball.

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

Joe Louis was one of my first heroes.

I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

Derek Jeter seems like a cool dude.

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.

I guess anytime you are mentioned with Hank Aaron, it is the ultimate compliment, not only as a hitter, but obviously, the great ballplayer that he was.

Curt Flood, of course, was in a class by himself, a true hero.

I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.

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.

I used to watch Monte Irvin play when I was a kid. I idolized him. I used to wait in front of the ballpark just for him to pass by so I could see him.

I know what it is to be out entertaining millions and yet wanting to be home because you miss your loved ones.

The Rock is somebody that every kid in my era grew up watching. Legend. His success is not only in wrestling but what he's done after it has been spectacular.

I want to be the next legend.

That is where I got my childhood memories, watching the Home Run Derby as a kid. Maybe some kids are watching me. I would like to return that.

Elvis is symbolic of a lot of things, dreams coming true being one of them.

They call me a legend in my own time, because there were so many queens gone that I'm one of the few queens left from the '70s and the '80s.

You try to find the romance in the struggle, or at least that's what you keep telling yourself. But you talk to successful actors, and the struggle always is what they miss the most.

Elton John is an absolute lad. He's a hero.

Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some of the reasons kids would always say they want to grow up to be just like Derek Jeter.