Mickey Mantle

Billy copied Casey to a 'T.'

— Mickey Mantle

All I have is natural ability.

— Mickey Mantle

I had it all and blew it.

— Mickey Mantle

Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.

— Mickey Mantle

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

— Mickey Mantle

Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.

— Mickey Mantle

It's what you're worth.

— Mickey Mantle

Thank God for baseball.

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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

— 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

Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good…

— 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

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

Casey didn't easily forgive a guy who got doubled up on a hit-and-run play. He didn't see any reason why the runner…

— Mickey Mantle

During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times.…

— 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

Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't…

— Mickey Mantle

I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding…

— Mickey Mantle

Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can't say it's three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs…

— 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

What did you say, Joe?

— Mickey Mantle

Hey man! Get away from me!

— Mickey Mantle

It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.

— Mickey Mantle

At my best I was as good as anyone.

— Mickey Mantle

I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

As far as he knew, I was dying.

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle