Quote

Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't feel that one strikeout was going to end the season for us.

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
Mean
Baseball
Casey
Going
Stay
Loose
Didn
Relaxed
Ends
Confident
Around
Season
Wanted
Shouldn
Strikeout
Feel
Seasons
Clowning
Feels
Meant
Strikeouts

More quotes by Mickey Mantle

Image
To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.
Mickey Mantle
Image
I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.
Mickey Mantle
Image
The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
Mickey Mantle
Image
His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.
Mickey Mantle
Image
All I had was natural ability.
Mickey Mantle
Image
He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.
Mickey Mantle
Image
I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.
Mickey Mantle
Image
Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
Mickey Mantle
Image
We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.
Mickey Mantle
Image
The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
Mickey Mantle
Image
I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
Mickey Mantle
Image
I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.
Mickey Mantle
Image
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.
Mickey Mantle
Image
Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
Mickey Mantle
Image
If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.'
Mickey Mantle
Image
All I have is natural ability.
Mickey Mantle
Image
The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
Mickey Mantle
Image
I never got to see the '27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever. But I think it would've been a great series if we'd have had the chance to play them.
Mickey Mantle
Image
My biggest regret was letting my lifetime average drop below .300. I always felt I was a .300 hitter, and if I could change one thing that would be it.
Mickey Mantle
Image
I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding on every pitch, it never bothered Whitey. He pitched his game. Cool. Craft. Nerves of steel.
Mickey Mantle