Quote

All I had was natural ability.

Mickey Mantle

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
Baseball Player
Dallas
Texas
Mickey Charles Mantle
Baseball
Ability
Natural

More quotes by Mickey Mantle

Image
A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
Mickey Mantle
Image
The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.
Mickey Mantle
Image
I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
Mickey Mantle
Image
I don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.
Mickey Mantle
Image
It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
Mickey Mantle
Image
It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
Mickey Mantle
Image
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!
Mickey Mantle
Image
I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.
Mickey Mantle
Image
Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
Mickey Mantle
Image
I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.
Mickey Mantle
Image
What did you say, Joe?
Mickey Mantle
Image
It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.
Mickey Mantle
Image
I never understood how someone who was dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world, but now I understand.
Mickey Mantle
Image
Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
Mickey Mantle
Image
I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
Mickey Mantle
Image
The strain on Roger (Maris) was unbelievable. After I dropped out the reporters only had one guy to go to. They surrounded him everywhere he went. He had big clumps of hair falling out. That he went ahead and did it was unbelievable.
Mickey Mantle
Image
This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
Mickey Mantle
Image
If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.
Mickey Mantle
Image
When I'm hitting, I'd play for nothing. When I'm not, any kind of money I receive makes me feel as if I'm stealing.
Mickey Mantle
Image
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.
Mickey Mantle