Mickey Mantle Quotes - Page 3

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• 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

  Running, Baseball, Real

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• 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

  Sports, Hero, Player

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Sports, Baseball, Running

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• 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

  Baseball, Games, World

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• Casey didn't easily forgive a guy who got doubled up on a hit-and-run play. He didn't see any reason why the runner couldn't take a quick glance back toward the plate to make sure the ball was hit safely.

  Mickey Mantle

  Running, Baseball, Play

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• Hey man! Get away from me!

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Men, Hey

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Yankees, Years

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Roger, Fame

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Sports, Baseball, Play

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• 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

  Baseball, Second Chance, People

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• 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.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Team, Thinking

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Sports, Baseball, Fighting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Saws, Feats

  Mickey Mantle (1986). “The Mick”, Jove Publications

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Player, Roof

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• 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

  Baseball, Team, Home

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Guy, Roger

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• As far as he knew, I was dying.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Dying

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• I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Inspirational Sports, Motivational Sports

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Running, Home

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• 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.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Player, Guy

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• 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

  Beautiful, Baseball, Funny Things

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• 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.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, People, Roger

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Reason, Knows

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• 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

  Baseball, Feet, Flying

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• 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

  Sports, School, Years

  Mickey Mantle (1986). “The Mick”, Jove Publications

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