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Mickey Mantle Quotes

1931–1995 United States

Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995) was an American baseball player and member of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame. Mantle hit 536 home runs during an 18-year career.

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When you reach the major leagues, it's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

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

The most underrated guy is the one who will do absolutely anything to win a game. The two who come to mind immediately are Billy Martin and Pete Rose.

The Greatest Team of All Time (1994)

Later on they tend to get longer than they really were.

That horse had better win. I saw George get on the plane with an automatic.

I figured that once I got past 40, that was all behind me. If I knew that I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.

If we were choosing sides and every player was in the pool, my first pick would be Whitey Ford and my second would be Ted Williams. Beyond that there would be just too many and I'd be afraid of leaving somebody out. Besides, with Whitey on the mound and Williams in the lineup, we'd still beat just about anybody.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mickey Mantle (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.