Mickey Mantle Quotes

After they remodeled Yankee Stadium I didn't feel that the ghosts were there anymore. It just wasn't the same. ~ Mickey Mantle

When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered. ~ 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 watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball. ~ Mickey Mantle

It was as though the very process of maturation with him had been reversed, so that with experience he seemed to grow more, not less, childish. ~ David Falkner

The author relates that Mickey Mantle did not expect to play one day and showed up extremely hung over. He was nevertheless called on to pitch and smashed a towering home run to an enthusiastic ovation. He related to his teammates, Those people don't know how tough that was. ~ Jim Bouton

Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it's a deal. ~ Branch Rickey

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

Hey man! Get away from me! ~ 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 better team lost. I was so disappointed I cried on the plane ride home. ~ Mickey Mantle

No man in the history of baseball had as much power as . No man. ~ Mickey Mantle

He (Mickey Mantle) should lead the league in everything. With his combination of speed and power he should win the triple batting crown every year. In fact, he should do anything he wants to do. ~ Casey Stengel

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

He (Mickey Mantle) has it in his body to be great. ~ Casey Stengel

If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I'd choose Whitey Ford every time. ~ Mickey Mantle

The strain on Roger (Maris) was unbelievable. After I dropped out the reporters only had one guy to go to. They surrounded him everywhere he went. He had big clumps of hair falling out. That he went ahead and did it was unbelievable. ~ Mickey Mantle

My biggest regret was letting my lifetime average drop below .300. I always felt I was a .300 hitter, and if I could change one thing that would be it. ~ Mickey Mantle

Just like every other kid in my grade school, I was listening to my little radio plug in my ear when Mickey Mantle hit 18 post-season homers and won series after series for the Yankees. I listened and I learned from that. I think he was the original 'Mr. October,' but thank god it didn't stick. ~ Reggie Jackson

Those people don't know how tough that really 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 already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases. ~ Mickey Mantle

You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. ~ Mickey Mantle

Here lies Mickey Mantle. Banned from baseball. ~ Peter Ueberroth

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball. ~ 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 man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt. ~ 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. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. ~ Mickey Mantle

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 was better. ~ Mickey Mantle

I had it all and blew it. ~ Mickey Mantle

There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them. ~ Charley Pride

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 one of the greatest players of the century. ~ Mickey Mantle

A body came flying out and landed at my feet. At first I thought it was Billy so I picked him up. But when I saw it wasn't I dropped him back down. ~ Mickey Mantle

I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding on every pitch, it never bothered Whitey. He pitched his game. Cool. Craft. Nerves of steel. ~ Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training. ~ Yogi Berra

People say Yogi (Berra) is a strange guy, and I've heard Yogi say some funny things. But he has a beautiful wife, he's rich, and he's famous. I don't see anything strange about that. ~ Mickey Mantle

His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade. ~ 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 boys not hitting a home run. But everyone was real good about it. Instead of getting mad they joked about it. ~ Mickey Mantle

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

They should have come out of the dugout on tippy-toes, holding hands and singing. ~ Mickey Mantle

I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love. ~ Mickey Mantle

It was the single greatest feat I ever saw. ~ Mickey Mantle

He foresaw the platooning that managers like Casey Stengel used years before it happened. He told me I had to be a switch-hitter if I was going to play. ~ Mickey Mantle

Hey Mantle, you win. You're the worst. ~ 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 we found out. ~ Mickey Mantle

Thank God for baseball. ~ Mickey Mantle

He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie. ~ Mickey Mantle

All I have is natural ability. ~ Mickey Mantle

In the spring of 1957, Mickey Mantle was the king of New York. He had the Triple Crown to prove it, having become only the 12th player in history to earn baseball's gaudiest jewel. In 1956, he had finally fulfilled the promise of his promise, batting .353, with 52 homers and 130 RBIs. Everybody loved Mickey. ~ Jane Leavy

Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too. ~ Al Kaline

In Naples, Fla., I met a self-made man, a multimillionaire, whose round penthouse apartment is home to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Henry Moore, and Mickey Mantle. He had purchased the most coveted items auctioned by the Mantle family at Madison Square Garden in December 2003. ~ Jane Leavy

It's what you're worth. ~ Mickey Mantle

You don't have to talk to me about pensions. I won't be around long enough to collect one. ~ Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle was baseball. ~ Bob Costas

The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know. ~ Mickey Mantle

He said to play louder. He can't hear you. ~ Mickey Mantle

If I had known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself! ~ Mickey Mantle

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

My instinct is a winning coach, and when it said "Batter up,"I didn't argue that I wasn't ready for the game. I gripped the bat in both hands, assumed the stance, and said a prayer to Mickey Mantle. ~ Dean Koontz

Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now? ~ Mickey Mantle

5. Unfair to Animals 6. Unfair to Muledom THE HALF-PENNANT PORCH Finley was obsessed with the Yankees and attributed their success to the short distance to the right field fence in Yankee Stadium. He believed sluggers who batted left-handed, like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and Roger Maris, had an unfair advantage. The fence was the sole reason the Yankees were winners. Before the 1964 season, Finley sought to create his own advantage. He moved his right field fence so that it was 296 feet from home plate and called it his "Pennant Porch." The commissioner forced Finley to change it to 325 feet. ~ Josh Ostergaard

It was all I lived for, to play baseball. ~ Mickey Mantle

He who have the fastest cart never have to play a bad lie. ~ Mickey Mantle

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

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

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

Every time I see his name (Dean Chance) on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up. ~ Mickey Mantle

Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live. ~ Mickey Mantle

The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams. ~ Mickey Mantle

Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything. ~ Mickey Mantle

I don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing. ~ 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, 'Do you want me to sign it?' ~ Mickey Mantle

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

Everyone has someone they looked up to. Mine was Mickey Mantle. For Alex Rodriguez to idolize me coming up, that makes me feel very good. ~ Keith Hernandez

I don't want to take anything away from Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. They're both great hitters, but they're batting against guys they never would have seen in previous years. ~ Ted Williams

Ladies and gentlemen, the great number seven, Mickey Mantle. ~ Mel Allen

I never understood how someone who was dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world, but now I understand. ~ 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 back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad. ~ Mickey Mantle

I never saw him fight. I never saw Billy fight. ~ 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 a player I might have been. ~ Mickey Mantle

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

I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability. ~ 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 let people know how important it is to become an organ donor. ~ Mickey Mantle

On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived. ~ Nellie Fox

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

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said "sure, every time". ~ 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 feel that one strikeout was going to end the season for us. ~ Mickey Mantle

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

I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter. ~ Mickey Mantle

And that one is gone. A home run for Mickey Mantle! How do you like that? ~ Mel Allen

I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance! ~ 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

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer. ~ Mickey Mantle

Billy copied Casey to a 'T.' ~ Mickey Mantle

just got back from a beautiful eve of winter solstice snowshoeing. my heart was lost and enlivened by both the hush of the mountainous snow world and a very fun irreverence with friends. i shared a solstice quote but did not share this one.

so in the spirit of the year--happy solistice! may there be ever present and growing light in your life as nature unfolds the same in the upcoming months.

"sharp is the night, but stars with frost alive leap off the rim of earth across the dome. it is a night to make the heavens our home. more than the nest whereto apace we strive. lengths down our road each fir-tree seems a hive, in swarms outrushing from the golden comb. they waken waves of thoughts that burst to foam: you throb in me, the dead revive. yon mantle clothes us: there, past mortal breath, life glistens on the river of death. it folds us, flesh and dust; and have we knelt, or never knelt, or eyed as kine the springs of radiance, the radiance enrings: and this is the soul's haven to have felt." --from _winter heavens_ ~ George Meredith

Ryan [Gosling] has a history with the Mickey Mouse Club. He was a child performer himself. And he took the time to get to know people. ~ Joel Silver

I'm 82 years old, wherever I go everybody knows me, but here's why ... I'm a merchandiser, I'm not just a writer, I stay in every avenue you can think of. ~ Mickey Spillane

I'm not Mickey Mouse, I'm a human being. ~ Mitch Winehouse

My management style is there is no such thing as non-important people in the company. ~ Mickey Drexler

If you look closely at some scenes in Diner, my eyes look like Dracula's. ~ Mickey Rourke

Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality. ~ Charles Bukowski

The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life. ~ Walt Disney

When I was on the 'Mickey Mouse Club,' there was Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling and Christine Aguilera. But they were 12 and I was 17, so there was a bit of an age difference. ~ Keri Russell

Mickey is one of the prime examples: Mickey has never been suspected of being an American export. It was deja vu. They gave him a local name and he's been accepted everywhere he goes. ~ John Hench