Baseball Quotes by Mickey Mantle · Page 2

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

— Mickey Mantle

The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.

— Mickey Mantle

Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?

— Mickey Mantle

I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

— Mickey Mantle

I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.

— Mickey Mantle

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

— Mickey Mantle

I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest…

— Mickey Mantle

After they remodeled Yankee Stadium I didn't feel that the ghosts were there anymore. It just wasn't the same.

— Mickey Mantle

I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving…

— Mickey Mantle

Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.

— Mickey Mantle

There were things that would irritate Casey, but trying too hard or getting mad at sitting on the bench weren't among them.

— Mickey Mantle

A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could…

— Mickey Mantle

My biggest regret was letting my lifetime average drop below .300. I always felt I was a .300 hitter, and if I…

— Mickey Mantle

Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you…

— Mickey Mantle

In 1960 when Pittsburgh beat us in the World Series, we outscored them 55-27. It was the only time I think the…

— Mickey Mantle

My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the…

— Mickey Mantle

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by…

— Mickey Mantle

After a play in the field Casey would turn (to the players on the bench) and say 'What did he do wrong?'…

— Mickey Mantle

This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.

— Mickey Mantle

I never saw him fight. I never saw Billy fight.

— Mickey Mantle

The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.

— Mickey Mantle

If I had known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself!

— Mickey Mantle

Well, I beat my man. Now it's up to you to beat yours.

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at…

— Mickey Mantle

If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when…

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.

— Mickey Mantle

When I first came to Yankee Stadium I used to feel like the ghosts of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were walking…

— Mickey Mantle

Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.

— Mickey Mantle