After they remodeled Yankee Stadium I didn't feel that the ghosts were there anymore. It just wasn't the same. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
They should have come out of the dugout on tippy-toes, holding hands and singing. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
When I first came to Yankee Stadium I used to feel like the ghosts of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were walking… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
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… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
When I'm hitting, I'd play for nothing. When I'm not, any kind of money I receive makes me feel as if I'm stealing. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
