33 Inspirational Mickey Mantle Quotes (BASEBALL)

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“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.”
Mickey Mantle

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

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

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

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

“During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.”
Mickey Mantle

If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress. — If I had played my **career** hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I’d wear a dress.

It's not hard. When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But when I'm hitting, I hit anybody. — It’s not hard. When I’m not hitting, I don’t hit nobody. But when I’m hitting, I hit anybody.

You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.

I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt. — I’ve often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the **luckiest** man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.

16 Inspirational Mickey Mantle Quotes About Baseball

“My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad.”
Mickey Mantle

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

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

I had to quit baseball in the prime of my career because I had small feet. — I had to quit baseball in the prime of my **career** because I had small feet.

If I hadn't met those two guys (Billy Martin and Whitey Ford) at the start of my career, I would have lasted another five years. — If I hadn’t met those two guys (**Billy Martin** and Whitey Ford) at the start of my **career**, I would have lasted another five years.

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

“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.”
Mickey Mantle

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

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. — 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.

I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter. — I thought I raised a ballplayer. You’re nothing but a coward and a quitter.

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

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

No man in the history of baseball had as much power as... No man. — No man in the history of baseball had as much power as… No man.

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

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

I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you want me to sign it' — I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he’d come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, ‘Do you want me to sign it?’

3 Deep Mickey Mantle Quotes About Life

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

Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you set your mind to. Make us proud of you.

I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out. — I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That’s how we found out.

4 Mickey Mantle Quotes that will Make You Think

“Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can’t say it’s three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs four hundred pounds or that it’s colored bright blue or that it sounds like a piano or that it smells like roses. It’s a quality, not a thing.”
Mickey Mantle