“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.”
Sandy Koufax
“They showed all the signs of not paying attention to what I used to tell them, however, when they grew up they were doing just what I had taught them.”
Nsanya Ndanshau
“Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath of the middle of Israeli politics there are going to be innumerable theories of what he might have done.”
Jon Alterman
“I think he's ready to assume that mantle. I think he's capable of matching up with the other guys. That's a pretty lofty area, but he's one of those guys.”
Buck Showalter
“When you talk about center fielders like Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays and Mantle, he's up there with them, ... If he hadn't missed the last three-four years with injuries, he'd probably have at least 100 more homers.”
Jerry Narron
“Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy”
W. H. Auden
“Willie Mays' glove is where triples go to die”
Jim Murray
