Baseball Quotes by Mickey Mantle · Page 2

You hit .350 you're a leader. You hit .250 and you're not.

— Mickey Mantle

Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

— Mickey Mantle

The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.

— Mickey Mantle

Hit the ball over the fence and you can take your time going around the bases.

— Mickey Mantle

Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?

— 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

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

A body came flying out and landed at my feet. At first I thought it was Billy so I picked him up.…

— Mickey Mantle

I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say,…

— 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

If I hadn't met those two guys (Billy Martin and Whitey Ford) at the start of my career, I would have lasted…

— 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

He foresaw the platooning that managers like Casey Stengel used years before it happened. He told me I had to be a…

— 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

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

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

— Mickey Mantle

As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen…

— 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

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

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was…

— Mickey Mantle

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher…

— Mickey Mantle

You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.

— Mickey Mantle

I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how…

— Mickey Mantle

It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.

— Mickey Mantle

We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing…

— Mickey Mantle

Ralph (Houk) brought out the best in everybody, and that included me. I consider myself lucky to have played for him.

— Mickey Mantle