Doug Harvey Quotes

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

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

Leo Durocher was our manager and he brought Willie up to me and said, 'This is Willie Mays and he's your new roommate.' You could see right away that this young man was a natural. He had those real big hands, great power and speed and would catch everything hit in his direction. He's the best center fielder that ever lived, no question.

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

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

It needs to be said, over and over again, that Stan the Man was voted by 'The Sporting News' as the best baseball player of the postwar decade, from 1946 through 1955.

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 never faced a pitcher with better stuff than Nolan Ryan.

I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.

No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He's the best I've ever seen.

Fans love McGwire for his powerful physique, for his on-field hugs of his son, the part-time bat boy. He is Big Mac, or Paul Bunyan in Cardinals red with a white-ash bat instead of an ax.

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

As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.

Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.

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

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

As much as I loved Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Don Newcombe, I loved watching Willie Mays play more than all of them combined, even if he played for the 'bad guys!'

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.

How can I ever dog Derek Jeter? It's impossible. There is nothing to knock. He's a great defensive player. He's a great offensive player.

There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived

I saw a lot of good hitters but I never saw a better one than Paul Waner. I mean I once threw a side arm spitter right into his belly and he hit it into the upper deck.

Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.

The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.

I never dreamed about being President, I wanted to be Willie Mays.