Mickey Mantle Quotes

American - Athlete October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995

If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. - Mickey Mantle

If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.

Myself, Live, Care, Better, Long, Going

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

Life, Baseball, Fun, Nothing, Well, Been

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.

Good, People, Bad, Way, Always, Question

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

Baseball, I Can, Know, Play, Only, Ball

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

Courage, Team, Boy, Hide, Gang, Prove

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

Game, You, Realize, Easy, Get, Up

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

Baseball, Play, Lived, Play Baseball

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

Home, Time, Me, Run, Trying, Said

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

Lie, Bad, Golf, Never, Who, He

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

Life, Game, You, Know, Your, Playing

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.

Good, Think, Brain, Body, Someone, Same

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

Me, Fight, Baseball, Army, Play, Want

My views are just about the same as Casey's.

Just, Same, About, Views, Casey

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

You, Care, Who, Hear, Those, Boos

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

Game, Perfect, Ever, Biggest, Played

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.

Home, Me, Bad, Down, Habit, Enough

I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about.

You, Country, Say, About, Guess, Could

As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.

Best, Baseball, Never, Credit, Ball, Him

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

Tough, Easy, Ball, Part, Running, Around

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

Love, Loved, Game, Always, Legs, To Love

I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability.

Never, Ability, Manager, Natural, Could

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

Good, Man, Ever, Ballplayer, Roger

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.

Good, Time, School, Today, Professional

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

Best, Play, Happen, Years, Stadium, Ever

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.

Home, Care, Long, Run, Home Run, Where

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