Roger Maris Quotes by Mickey Mantle

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• I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say,…
• The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.
• All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out,…
• All I had was natural ability.
• A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could…
• If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.
• In 1960 when Pittsburgh beat us in the World Series, we outscored them 55-27. It was the only time I think the…
• It was all I lived for, to play baseball.
• Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good…
• The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
• When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was…
• I can't play any more. I can't hit the ball when I need to. I can't steal second when I need to.…

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