All-Star Players Quotes

You can never take a day off, because there's an All-Star on every team.

Mike Trout. Jose Ramírez. Mookie Betts. All these guys walk, and they swing at strikes.

I've been watching basketball for a long time, I'm a historian of the game. I don't know any other team that's gotten to the Finals without two All-Stars... I cannot remember thinking of it. I don't even know if it's ever happened, for a team to lose two All-Stars and still be able to make it to the Finals.

You should have seen Willie Wells play shortstop: as good as Ozzie Smith and a better hitter. How I wish people could have seen Ray Dandridge play third base, as good as Brooks Robinson and Craig Nettles and all of those. He was bowlegged; a train might go through there, but not a baseball.

Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now.

There was no better end than Lance Alworth and no better lineman than Ron Mix. Those are Hall of Fame guys. There was no better guard than Walt Sweeney and no better pair of running backs than Keith Lincoln and Paul Lowe.

The Rockies and Diamondbacks are both very exciting teams who are fighting for recognition.

I think it's incredible because there were guys like Mays and Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years.

I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth.

Anytime you go to the All-Star Game, you recognize that it's special. It's an experience that you don't want to pass up.

The Astros are going to be a dynasty.

The Houston Astros are an organization I really respect and they have a lot of great players.

You have to figure out that balance between younger players and veteran players, star players, and All-Star players, really a team effort. And then you have to be lucky.