Baseball Quotes by Mickey Mantle · Page 3

People say Yogi (Berra) is a strange guy, and I've heard Yogi say some funny things. But he has a beautiful wife,…

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the…

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

The strain on Roger (Maris) was unbelievable. After I dropped out the reporters only had one guy to go to. They surrounded…

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

Not after all the time my dad spent teaching me to switch-hit.

— Mickey Mantle

Hey Mantle, you win. You're the worst.

— Mickey Mantle

There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm a follower.

— Mickey Mantle

I never got to see the '27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever. But I think it would've been…

— Mickey Mantle

Those people don't know how tough that really was.

— Mickey Mantle

He said to play louder. He can't hear you.

— Mickey Mantle

It gave me a second chance. I'd like everybody to have a second chance if they need it, so I'm trying to…

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— 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

Billy copied Casey to a 'T.'

— 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

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

— 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

Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.

— Mickey Mantle

At my best I was as good as anyone.

— Mickey Mantle

In 1961 somebody could've hit a home run to win the game and the next day the headline was about the M&M…

— Mickey Mantle

As far as he knew, I was dying.

— Mickey Mantle