Quotes from Mickey Mantle

He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about.

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.

If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I'd choose Whitey Ford every time.

I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.

Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?

In 1960 when Pittsburgh beat us in the World Series, we outscored them 55-27. It was the only time I think the better team lost. I was so disappointed I cried on the plane ride home.

Not after all the time my dad spent teaching me to switch-hit.

When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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.

Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.

I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability.

Every time I see his name (Dean Chance) on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up.

I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!

My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad.

My views are just about the same as Casey's.

You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.

The only sure rule in golf is he who has the fastest cart never has to play the bad lie.

Ou don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.

Hit the ball over the fence and you can take your time going around the bases.

People say Yogi (Berra) is a strange guy, and I've heard Yogi say some funny things. But he has a beautiful wife, he's rich, and he's famous. I don't see anything strange about that.