All-Time Great Quotes

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.

Ed Reed is a legend. Ed Reed will always be the standard that, as players, we look up to and strive to be like.

Coming up, I thought Barry Sanders was the best running back ever.

LeBron James is one of the best players in the league - and one of the best players to ever play the game.

Joe Montana had bad games in the playoffs against the Giants and Chicago Bears; that doesn't stop us from considering him as possibly the best.

If Tim Duncan had Knicks on his jersey, he'd be a god.

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

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

Best team player? As good as Lebron James is, I have to go with Messi. What he's doing, he's on pace to becoming the best ever.

Dirk is like the German Moses, invincible and inspiring. That is why 'His Name Is Dirk' must be the Official Fan Song for Dirk Nowitzki.

I never faced a pitcher with better stuff than Nolan Ryan.

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

Messi the best player in the world by far. I don't think we'll ever see a player like him again.

It would be a great thing for my legacy to get in the ring with an all-time great.

LeBron is making a case for himself to be one of the greatest players to ever play.

Tendulkar has had the greatest cricket career of anyone who has ever played the game.

How good was Stan Musial? He was good enough to take your breath away.

I think Tony Gonzalez always set the standard. He was the guy that, I think for all of us, when I came in that was really kinda taking this league over as the tight end position. I think Shannon Sharpe was another one.

I definitely want to be, long time down the road when my career ends, whenever somebody mentions a top-five center or top-five power forward, they always got to mention my name. That's how I want to be remembered.

There will never be another Mariano Rivera. He was a friend and a champion of a teammate.

Bobby Orr, I thought he was the greatest player of all time because he was so far ahead of the competition in his prime.

If Roger stopped right now and never won another match, to me he'd already be one of the greatest players to ever play the game. To me, he's the greatest all around talent that I've ever seen.

Pau is one of the best big men in the game. I mean, Pau Gasol is going to be in the Hall of Fame.

(Mike) Schmitty provided what the relief pitchers need most, home runs and great defense. He's the best third baseman that I ever played with, and maybe of all-time. Obvious Hall of Famer, even then. He retired while on top of his game. I thought for sure he was going to hit 600 home runs.

If he continues like this then I think Messi will be the best player in the history of football.