« Neil's book has some of the greatest photos you'll ever see, even if you've seen them before. »

-  Yogi Berra

«  Ballet in the Dirt is baseball as good as it gets, or maybe ever was. Neil Leifer pulled the heart of the game into his images at a time when baseball was in the same sentence as apple pie. He was lucky to be there ; and we are lucky that he was. »

-  Terry Mcdonnell , editor, sports illustrated group

« This anthology celebrates the golden age of American national sport as well as the whole spirit of an era. »

-  L'équipe , Paris