They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.


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There's absolutely no comparisons to me or anyone else to Willie Mays. Willie Mays, he's the...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ
Willie Mays is probably the oldest one.
HARVEY HODGERNEY
Willie Mays' glove is where triples go to die
JIM MURRAY
With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.
ERNIE HARWELL
you would see more Willie Mays coming out of the inner city.
JOE MORGAN
I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Jos...
MONTE IRVIN
They should free his remains. I'm a huge fan of Ted Williams. When I was a kid, the first bat I got ...
DANIEL EDWARDS
Willie Mays was the best baseball player I ever saw. He could do anything.
DOUG HARVEY
I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.
ERIC DAVIS
Oscar Charleston was the Willie Mays of his day. Nobody ever played center field better than Willie ...
MONTE IRVIN
When I was a kid, man, my dad used to buy me the Ted Williams glove at Sears with the Ted Williams s...
TONY GWYNN
Come on, when does it come to the point where your name can't come up in trade talks? Willie May...
ERIC DAVIS
Few men try for best ever, and Ted Williams is one of those.
RICHARD BEN CRAMER
Penn State's using (Williams) like we use Ted.
DONTE WHITNER
Willie Mays is probably the oldest one. He was the first one made. But I hate to pull favorites.
HARVEY HODGERNEY
Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.
BOB FELLER
I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.
MONTE IRVIN
I had some great role models along the way. My on-field heroes were the great Ernie Banks, Billy Wil...
ALLAN RAY
When they see images of guys like Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Ernie Banks and Roy Campanella, whom they...
BOB KENDRICK
When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted W...
CHARLIE ROSE
As much as I loved Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Don Newcombe, I loved watchi...
CHEECH MARIN
So do the Red Sox! Ted Williams, Carlton Fisk, and what about Bill Buckner?
PATRICK COEN
Ted Williams, an extraordinary hitter in his day, has said the swing starts in the hips, and Sosa ar...
BILL DEDMAN
Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see ...
TONY GWYNN
Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over...
DAVID DUCHOVNY
One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about h...
WADE BOGGS
Awesome. Aside from Ted Williams, he's the only guy I'd pay to see in batting practice.
EDDIE ROBINSON
Everything about Andrew was hot, from the hands holding him down to the mouth steadily taking Neil a...
NORA SAKAVIC
I don't know. I didn't see them. All I know is Hank Aaron didn't take them, Willie Mays didn't take ...
PETE ROSE
I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr.
GREGG ALLMAN
I don't want the All-Star Game to be a one-time thing.
REGGIE LEWIS
That ball wasn't even close to Ted Williams' seat back there. That kind of got me frustrated. You kn...
DAVID ORTIZ
I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
JACK LEVINE
His hand-eye coordination, I have not seen anybody but Ted Williams that was like that.
FELIPE ALOU
When you're a kid, what fun the game is! You grab a bat and glove and ball, that's it. I know what T...
EDDIE MATHEWS
For me, the All-Star game doesn't count,
ERIC GAGNE
Coach Williams made Morgan the star of the day.
DAVID HASKINS
Tom Heckert (vice president of player personnel) and my running backs coach (Ted Williams) both call...
BRUCE PERRY
I find it interesting that people of Latino origin are fascinated that Ted Williams is one of theirs...
BILL NOWLIN
A man has to have goals- for a day, for a lifetime- that was mine, to have people say, There goes Te...
TED WILLIAMS
An outfield composed of Cobb, Speaker and Ruth, even with Ruth, lacks the combined power of DiMaggio...
CONNIE MACK
Some great players, like Ted Williams and Stan Musial, had one more great hitting season left around...
GEORGE VECSEY
Willie might be a key in this game just because of his speed. They have some fast linebackers, but W...
ALAN FANECA
Willie Nelson is not just a star or a headliner, he's a legend.
LEE BRICE
Confidence oozed out of him. He took something away from you even before you threw a pitch [About Te...
GENE CONLEY
When Uncle Bob (or Ted or Ray) promised to send a shooting star over the house to mark a young liste...
VINCENT CANBY
A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'Th...
TED WILLIAMS
In the Buffalo game, Willie had one long run,
JEROME BETTIS
Hi, Billy Mays here for...
BILLY MAYS
[Williams] had a great fourth quarter. He made second-team All-County and All-TCL [but] there is no ...
JAY AIRHART
Willie Mays could throw better, and Hank Aaron could hit more home runs. But I've got enthusiasm...
PETE ROSE
When you talk about center fielders like Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays and Mantle, he's up there with th...
JERRY NARRON
Universal Pictures presents the Georgie Jessel Story. Ted Bessell is Georgie Jessel. Ted Bessell lea...
GILBERT GOTTFRIED
I was always working out, ... I don't believe Ted Williams ever lifted a weight in his life. But I w...
CHIP SIGMON
All three (Williams, Cockbain and Ryan Jones) are currently doubtful, given the quick turnaround for...
MARK DAVIES
I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, ...
JOHN HENRIK CLARKE
The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to ac...
TY COBB
I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those ...
WILLIE MAYS
At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmin...
WILLIE MAYS
Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, h...
WILLIE MAYS
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared ...
WILLIE MAYS
The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I had to...
WILLIE MAYS
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared ...
WILLIE MAYS
When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two...
WILLIE MAYS
I don't mean to be bashful, but I was.
WILLIE MAYS
If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other t...
WILLIE MAYS
I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
WILLIE MAYS
I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I u...
WILLIE MAYS
I'm a very lucky guy. I had so many people help me over the years that I never had many problems...
WILLIE MAYS
Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For a...
WILLIE MAYS
Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.
WILLIE MAYS
If people want to say Barry is No. 1, they won't get an argument from me. As long as I get to be No....
WILLIE MAYS
Hopefully, they can say, "There goes the best baseball player in the world." I honestly believe I di...
WILLIE MAYS
They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
WILLIE MAYS
In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn't dr...
WILLIE MAYS
You can't leave Mickey (Mantle) off. Mickey would have to be in there.
WILLIE MAYS
The home-field advantage in baseball, to me, I don't understand. I had to play as well on the road a...
WILLIE MAYS
Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.
WILLIE MAYS
We knew we had to keep playing until the game was decided one way or the other. We played 10, 15 inn...
WILLIE MAYS
I don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em.
WILLIE MAYS
Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.
WILLIE MAYS
It's not hard. When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.
WILLIE MAYS
People talk about that catch and, I've said this many times, that I've made better catches t...
WILLIE MAYS
That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowl...
WILLIE MAYS
My name gives me a little more publicity, but there is some pressure living up to the standards of a...
WILLIE MAYS
People came to the All-Star Game to see the dunk contest.
DOMINIQUE WILKINS
The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not t...
TY COBB
The really strong cards from the original game started in the few-dollars range. The Black Lotus one...
TED MAYS
I never thought I'd be here next to such greats as [salsa star] Willie Colon and with the mayor of N...
JENNIFER LOPEZ
It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star Game and an old timer's game.
VIN SCULLY
Leo Durocher was our manager and he brought Willie up to me and said, 'This is Willie Mays and h...
MONTE IRVIN
He'll probably throw a minimum of two innings (at the all-star game).
GREG SHEPARD
Willie Mays is an American icon and he is obviously one of the most recognizable figures with Negro ...
DOUG WHITE
An apocryphal story - the word "apocryphal" here means "obviously untrue" - tells of two people, lon...
LEMONY SNICKET
I was just fortunate I was able to throw when I came back, ... After Ted Williams ran into a wall (d...
AL KALINE
Because TED is for, and by, unbelievably rich people, they tiptoe around questions of the justness o...
ALEX PAREENE
In 1942, Ted Williams' draft status was 1A, meaning he was going to be among the first people to go ...
LARRY HARTZELL
Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!
JOHN CIARDI
It was a good game. I thought at no point was anyone in control. It was one of the best defensive ef...
BRIAN HENDERSON
I was a contact hitter my whole career but I learned how to handle the ball inside. And Ted Williams...
TONY GWYNN

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My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantas...
TED DEKKER
For me, writing is an experience. It's an exercise in which I want to discover myself by taking ...
TED DEKKER
Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality...
TED DEKKER
Thrillers provide the reader with a safe escape into a dangerous world where the stakes are as high ...
TED DEKKER
While the older generation is content to sit around and critique culture, that culture is moving bey...
TED DEKKER
The good news is that even though we walk through this valley of death, we don't have to fear, a...
TED DEKKER
My journey is so similar to everyone else's journey, because we all are human. We all have been ...
TED DEKKER
If readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and i...
TED DEKKER
It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that da...
TED DEKKER
Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What...
TED DEKKER
Sharks are in real trouble, and they need all the help they can get.
TED DANSON
Everything I am, everything I've been allowed to do, career-wise, has come out of the opportunit...
TED DANSON
We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick...
TED DANSON
We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evol...
TED DANSON
If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it'll keep flying. You take anot...
TED DANSON
When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
TED DANSON
'Cheers' was great. They paired me up with Shelley Long on this tiny bar set for the final a...
TED DANSON
Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbli...
TED DANSON
I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming beca...
TED DANSON
The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are ve...
TED DANSON
Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly i...
TED DANSON
We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole respons...
TED DANSON
We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oi...
TED DANSON
Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone them...
TED DANSON
The industrial way we fish for seafood is harming the marine habitats that all ocean life depends up...
TED DANSON
You use and lose a lot of energy being grumpy.
TED DANSON
Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding...
TED DANSON
The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it...
TED DANSON
Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but...
TED DANSON
I have been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to ...
TED CRUZ
When my father came over here penniless with $100 sewn into his underwear, thank God some well-meani...
TED CRUZ