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

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

Mickey Mantle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When asked about which team is the toughest team in the league, responded with an answer that all volleyball players must comprehend. He said simply that it was, 'The team you are playing.'

When asked about which team is the toughest team in the league, responded with an answer that all volleyball players must comprehend. He said simply that it was, 'The team you are playing.'

How does a man know when he's taking the last steps of his life?

How does a man know when he's taking the last steps of his life?

I never want to quit playing ball, They'll have to cut this uniform off me to get me out of it

I never want to quit playing ball, They'll have to cut this uniform off me to get me out of it

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.

I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces

I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces

I don't like needing anyone for anything.

I don't like needing anyone for anything.

Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back?

Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back?