Mickey Mantle Quotes - Page 4

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• I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Glasses, Tvs

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• 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.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Running, Average

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Doubt, Steps

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Play, Said

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• I can't play any more. I can't hit the ball when I need to. I can't steal second when I need to. I can't go from first to third when I need to. I can't score from second when I need to. I have to quit.

  Mickey Mantle

  Play, Needs, Balls

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• 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

  Yankees, Games, Riding

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

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• What did you say, Joe?

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball

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

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• Ralph (Houk) brought out the best in everybody, and that included me. I consider myself lucky to have played for him.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Lucky

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• Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Play, Jokes

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• Sometimes I sit in my den at home and read stories about myself. Kids used to save whole scrapbooks on me. They get tired of them and mail them to me. I'll go in there and read them, and you know what? They might as well be about (Stan) Musial and (Joe) DiMaggio, it's like reading about somebody else.

  Mickey Mantle

  Reading, Home, Tired

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

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Fighting, Saws

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Balls, Cases

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• 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

  Baseball, Regret, Average

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Player, Thinking

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Two, People

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, People, Tough

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• 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.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Brother, Home

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• 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

  Baseball, Mean, Be Confident

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Men, Up To You

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• Billy copied Casey to a 'T.'

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Sports, Games, Perfect

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• 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.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Swings, Knows

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• All I had was natural ability.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Natural, Ability

  "ESPN's Hall of 100", www.espn.com. December 13, 2012.

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

  Mickey Mantle

  Yankees, Yankee Stadium, Thrill

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