Mickey Mantle Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.

I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter.

He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.

To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

No man in the history of baseball had as much power as . No man.

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.

I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.

Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.

Thank God for baseball.

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about.

The best team I ever saw, and I mean this, was the '61 Yankees.

If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line was better.

Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happily.

If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I'd choose Whitey Ford every time.

You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.

At my best, I was as good as anyone.

The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

All I have is natural ability.

They should have come out of the dugout on tippy-toes, holding hands and singing.

You don't have to talk to me about pensions. I won't be around long enough to collect one.

Every time I see his name (Dean Chance) on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up.