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Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else.  This is the nature of man and the name of the game.

Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams
Boston Red Sox
OF
HOF 1966

Contributed by: Robert Ford

They throw the ball, I hit it; they hit the ball, I catch it.

Willie Howard Mays
San Francisco Giants
OF
HOF 1979; a.k.a. "Say Hey Kid"

Contributed by: Robert Ford

My primary goal is to win as many games as possible. I don't really put any numbers out there. If a team wins, a lot of guys are going to have good numbers. That's my approach. I try to keep the numbers out of it.

Brian Giles
Pittsburgh Pirates
OF

You might be right, but might be right and being right are two different things, and we have to sit back and wait and see what happens. In this game, it ultimately boils down to going out there in between the white lines and getting it done. That, to me, is kind of the beauty of baseball: You just don't know.

Referring to the theory that there could eventually be more players with 500 home runs than players with 3,000 hits

Anthony Keith "Tony" Gwynn
San Diego Padres
OF
HOF 2007

Just two words: a masterpiece.

When asked to comment on Jim 'Catfish' Hunter's perfect game in 1968

Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio
New York Yankees
OF
HOF 1955; a.k.a. "Joltin' Joe"

I'm proud to be here. I'm proud to be part of this team … but believe me, I lost someone special.

After Game four of the 1999 World Series on the loss of his father hours before the game. He still played.

Paul Andrew O'Neill
New York Yankees
OF
Contributed by: Leash1230@aol.com

What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.

In response to remarks that he'd have a higher salary in 1930 than President Herbert Hoover

George Herman "Babe" Ruth
New York Yankees
OF
HOF 1936

When I came up, you couldn't play if you couldn't bunt, but home runs have pretty much taken over the game today. You have to hit at least 25 homers to be a hero today. The game has changed so much. People want to see homers. Look around the league. Bunting has become a lost art. The baseball purists appreciate and respect Tony Gwynn and "Boggsie", but your batting average doesn't matter as much anymore. They want people who can put the ball over the fence.

Kirby Puckett
Minnesota Twins
OF
HOF 2001

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

Louis Clark "Lou" Brock
St. Louis Cardinals
OF
HOF 1985

Contributed by: Jonathan Chapman

The Feds can kiss my ass.

When it was announced that he was a suspect in a tax fraud case

Darryl Strawberry
New York Yankees
OF
Contributed by: Lee Gibbs

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