Mickey Mantle Quotes

He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.

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

Hey man! Get away from me!

His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.

I don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.

The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.

I never got to see the '27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever. But I think it would've been a great series if we'd have had the chance to play them.

It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.

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

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

I don't know why Roger (Maris) isn't in the hall of fame. To me, he was as good as there ever was.

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.

Billy copied Casey to a 'T.'

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

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

At my best I was as good as anyone.

I never understood how someone who was dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world, but now I understand.

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.

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.

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

It's what you're worth.

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

Those people don't know how tough that really was.

If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.

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.

Well, I beat my man. Now it's up to you to beat yours.

We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.

You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.

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.

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.

All I had was natural ability.

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

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.

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

I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?

Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.

What did you say, Joe?

The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.

Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.

Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.

As far as he knew, I was dying.

It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.

I never saw him fight. I never saw Billy fight.

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

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

There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm a follower.

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

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!

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