Mickey Mantle > Quotes

“A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.”
― Mickey Mantle

“If I had known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself!”
― Mickey Mantle

“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

“Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said "sure, every time".”
― Mickey Mantle

“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
― Mickey Mantle

“If I knew I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself.”
― Mickey Mantle

“It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.”
― Mickey Mantle

“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.”
― Mickey Mantle

“I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.”
― Mickey Mantle

“I never knew how someone who was dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world. But now I understand.”
― Mickey Mantle

“You don't know how easy this game is until you get into that broadcasting booth.”)”
― Mickey Mantle