"When it comes to baseball, it doesn't get much better than Joe DiMaggio."
"Manny Pacquiao is the last standing icon when it comes to pro fighting, fighting for real."
"Diego Maradona will forever be hailed among football's elite."
"Kobe was a phenomenon, he was my generation's basically Michael Jordan."
"Michael cried when he was talking about Kobe."
"Part of greatness is longevity. That's what Michael Jordan, that's what Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, that's what LeBron James, all of these guys, we talk about their greatness over a long period of time."
"It's like wishing Michael Jordan could jump as high as he used to. That [__] is not coming back."
"Sergio will leave as a legend; he will be appreciated, I think, for the next 100 years."
"Enrique Teague, the face of Memphis football that we've been waiting for."
"Momes is going to be the standard to which guys are held. He is not held to anyone's standard, he is Babe Ruth, he is Wayne Gretzky."
"I used to watch Joe Montana, him and what was the other guy took his place over, oh Steve Young."
"Vincent Company was to us what Sergio Ramos is to them."
"Kobe had that competitive heart like Michael Jordan."
"Remember how cool Jordan and his brother were?"
"Now what you see now is greatness, one of the greatest of all time."
"Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, they were awesome."
"Over the years, obviously been incredibly lucky to see likes of Messi, Iniesta... but it was really special to see Ronaldinho especially growing up."
"Welcome to the club, icon moments Johan Cruyff, one of the best to ever do it on the football pitch."
"Shout out to Iron Mike who looks phenomenal. You see that guy without a shirt, holy spokes, Mike Tyson!"
"I'll be sad when Ronaldo and Messi aren't playing anymore... how blessed we are to have had these two amazing players."
"Kobe, I mean in terms of like competitiveness, he's at the very, very top."
"Shaquille O'Neal, a ferocious force of nature, the likes of which had never been seen."
"If every NBA team had to one day create their own Mount Rushmore, how would they look?"
"When I was growing up as a kid, Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods were my two favorites."
"There would never be another player like Michael Jordan."
"You don't buy big man sneakers because you don't want to play like them."
"There are some footballers who seem irreplaceable upon their departure or retirement, and they really are."
"Eventually, when you think of the NBA, you'll think of Jordan and Kobe."
"Growing up, I played football, basketball, baseball. I grew up in an era where it was like a pivotal point in sports. MJ, Ken Griffey Jr., and Primetime. I had them three as my goats."
"It's LeBron James bro that's that there that's that there that man."
"Rivaldo, there is Lionel Messi, one Rivaldo, two Neymar, three."
"Lionel Messi in there for the Portuguese national team... without Ronaldo, I kind of want to cheer for Messi right here."
"Long Live Nathan Diaz and Long Live what he represents to the sport."
"They really were giants. We need statues for these players."
"One of them has Maurice Richard, yeah, some people would also throw Johnny Bower into that into the ring." - Johnny Bower's Legacy
"He's basically trying to be the Michael Jordan of Indian cricket."
"Steph Curry didn't wait to sit there and say, 'It'll be my turn one day.' LeBron didn't say it. They took their turn."
"Kobe Bryant is the first thing I think about, Kobe Bryant, because you don't want to let him down."
"Now perhaps showing signs of his age at last, Ronaldo has not only helped define a football era but the sport as a whole."
"MJ is possibly the greatest athlete of all time."
"Bigger than all of Chicago's great landmarks, Michael Jordan represents the city itself."
"It makes sense. He's probably easily the most famous athlete or probably one of the most famous people of all time."
"Best five players you've ever seen? Ronaldo. I haven't physically ever seen Messi, which is a shame."
"My Mount Rushmore? Ali at the top, Chewy Chavez second, and Salvador Sanchez third."
"I want them to be as graceful as Mohammed Ali."
"That's like looking down and seeing Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant."
"Imagine LeBron and Michael Jordan on the same team or even Jonathan Magic Johnson..."
"I'm just trying to think of, there's a handful of these players in my lifetime, Zidane, Messi, Ronaldo, like in their pomp, R9 was one in these pomp, Paul Scholes in his pomp."
"I mean, most people's answer gonna be Drogba or Yaya Touré or Eto'o, imagine or George Weah."
"We got AI, Dwyane Wade, and Michael Jordan. I love this."
"I talked to Kobe two weeks before he passed and uh we were talking about the Hall of Fame that was and what was going to happen."
"Hockey in Quebec was bigger than the church and Rocket Richard was bigger than the Pope."
"Who do you want the ball in the hands of? Sidebottom and Pendlebury, two of the all-time greats."
"Since I've been watching the game, the most influence on the game... Stephen and Allen Iverson are the two biggest influential guys in our game."
"I would love to get a Messi or a Pele."
"We grew up watching Michael Jordan, Shaq, Kobe, LeBron, even Steph Curry."
"He beat Kobe Bryant, he beat Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in their prime."
"I don't like how we just be disrespecting Legends like that, bro."
"Messi, Pelé, Maradona, Di Stefano, Ronaldo times two, Cristiano and Nazário de Lima, Franz Beckenbauer, Ferenc Puskás, Johan Cruyff."
"For all the contests, the stardom, struggles, the fallouts, and indeed for the tragedy, the four pillars of heaven will always be together."
"It's what makes the greats so great, whether it's a Tiger Woods or you look across the Kobe Bryant, whatever sport."
"He's Muhammad Ali, Georgie Best, Gazza, Arnold Palmer all wrapped into one."
"LeBron, KD, Dwight, legends of the game."
"It's really a who's who; you've got Bobby Jones, you've got Ben Hogan, you've got Jack Nicklaus, and you've got Willie Anderson."
"It's hard to compare, it's like MJ and LeBron."
"When Kobe walks into the room, or LeBron walks into the room, their presence is there, and you can feel it."
"I'm still holding out; I'm a Kobe guy, I'm a Jordan guy. I got to see it to believe it, but what I'm seeing is incredible."
"He's like LeBron or Gretzky or Messi; he's the one guy on a field full of actual professionals that makes everyone else look like amateurs."
"Michael Jordan had to start somewhere too."
"We want to be like Jack Nicklaus, Davis Love the third, Justin Thomas, Tiger Woods from the early 2000s, Adam Scott."
"We were just so lucky we had Gretzky and Jordan in our lifetimes."
"Magic and Bird, clearly one was the charismatic guy from the West Coast, one was the highest skilled guy from the East Coast."
"He's the GOAT, for being honest. Just Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods are something above every other athlete in the world."
"This could potentially be the Larry Bird Magic Johnson kind of moment if you will."
"The best of Brazil is Ronaldinho. And Ronaldo, a phenomenon."