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Famous Mickey Mantle Quotes
“Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.”
“It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.”
“Hey Mantle, you win. You're the worst.”
“I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.”
“I don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.”
“Every time I see his name (Dean Chance) on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up.”
“You don't have to talk to me about pensions. I won't be around long enough to collect one.”
“No man in the history of baseball had as much power as . No man.”
“The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.”
“He who have the fastest cart never have to play a bad lie.”
“A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.”
“It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.”
“Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.”
“To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.”
“Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.”
“You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.”
“Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.”
“The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.”