Quotes by Mickey Mantle

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.

Baseball

Feet

Flying

A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn’t like each other and that we didn’t get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Baseball

People

Roger

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

Baseball

Sports

Teamwork

After a play in the field Casey would turn (to the players on the bench) and say ‘What did he do wrong?’ or ‘You’re better than that guy.’ Either way, he’d keep them from getting stale.

Baseball

Guy

Player

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.

Baseball

Running

Sports

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

Baseball

Yankee Stadium

Yankees

All I had was natural ability.

Ability

Baseball

Natural

All I have is natural ability.

Ability

Baseball

Natural

All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting your name, even when there are only four or five thousand in the stands on a Wednesday afternoon.

Fans

Names

Sound

As far as he knew, I was dying.

Baseball

Dying

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Another Chance

Average

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Be Confident

Beautiful

Boys

Brother

Butchers

Cards

Care

Careers

Carts

Cases

Chance

Country

Courage

Courses

Coward

Dad

Doors

Doubt

Dresses

Dying

Earth

Enough

Fall

Fame

Fans

Feats

Feet

Fighting

Flying

Found

Fun

Funny

Funny Things

Games

Giving

Glasses

Golf

Golf Carts

Guy

Hair

Hands

Heard

Hero

Hey

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Quotes by Mickey Mantle

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.

A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn’t like each other and that we didn’t get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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

After a play in the field Casey would turn (to the players on the bench) and say ‘What did he do wrong?’ or ‘You’re better than that guy.’ Either way, he’d keep them from getting stale.

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.

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

All I had was natural ability.

All I have is natural ability.

All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting your name, even when there are only four or five thousand in the stands on a Wednesday afternoon.

As far as he knew, I was dying.

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