“I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.”
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Famous Mickey Mantle Quotes
“The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.”
“A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.”
Source: The Quality of Courage
“It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.”
Source: The Quality of Courage
“Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.”
Source: The Mick
“Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.”
“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.”
“The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.”
“I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.”