Famous Quotes / Mickey Mantle
13 Quotations by Mickey Mantle
- 1. A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
- 2. After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher a ...
- 3. All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded ...
- 4. But god-damn, to think you're a .300 hitter and end up at .237 in your last season, then find yourse ...
- 5. I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.
- 6. I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability.
- 7. I had it all and blew it.
- 8. If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
- 9. Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
- 10. Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every ...
- 11. Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who ...
- 12. To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.
- 13. When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that ...