Mickey Mantle Quotes - Page 4

I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

What did you say, Joe?

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

Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Billy copied Casey to a 'T.'

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

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.

All I had was natural ability.

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