“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.” WayPlayGuyTurnsPlayerFieldsBaseballThat GuyBenchesStale Author:Mickey Mantle
“Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.” IfsPlayerBaseballRoof Author:Mickey Mantle
“I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.” ThinkingPlayerBaseballRoundsBaseball Player Author:Mickey Mantle
“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.” YearsLastsSportsPlayerConcernedBaseballBallsCreditDuesErasFifteenFifteen YearsFamous BaseballBall Players Author:Mickey Mantle
“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.” PeopleWaySportsSawsPlayerCenturyHeroHairstyles Author:Mickey Mantle
“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.” YearsMeanSportsPlayerFiguresBaseballSeasonsBallsSevenAverageAthleteMotivational SportsHittingBatsInspirational SportsSeven YearsBaseball PlayerFamous BaseballBaseball GamesMotivational Inspirational SportsAthlete MotivationalFunny BaseballGreat BaseballShort SportsShort Inspirational SportsBall GamesShort Motivational SportsAwesome SportsInspirational BaseballPlaying BaseballMotivational BaseballPlaying SportsBaseball HittingFavorite SportsMlbGreatest BaseballFunny Inspirational SportsBall PlayersBaseball HistoryBaseball Season Author:Mickey Mantle
“Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.” IfsThinkingKnowsHas BeensSometimesBodyMightSportsNaturalAbilityBrainKnow HowPlayerMight Have BeenGamerNatural Ability Author:Mickey Mantle
“I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.” YearsPlayerBaseballBallsSevenMotivational SportsHittingInspirational SportsSeven YearsBaseball PlayerFamous BaseballBaseball GamesMotivational Inspirational SportsAthlete MotivationalFunny BaseballGreat BaseballShort SportsShort Inspirational SportsBall GamesShort Motivational SportsAwesome SportsInspirational BaseballPlaying BaseballMotivational BaseballPlaying SportsBaseball HittingFavorite SportsMlbGreatest BaseballFunny Inspirational SportsBall PlayersBaseball History Author:Mickey Mantle
