Quote

You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.

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
Wells
Might
Pitch
Firsts
Dressed
Well
Baseball
First
Start
Going
Getting
Running
Home

More quotes by Mickey Mantle

Image
During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.
Mickey Mantle
Image
His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.
Mickey Mantle
Image
He said to play louder. He can't hear you.
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
The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
Mickey Mantle
Image
Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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
As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.
Mickey Mantle
Image
Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.
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
I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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
Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.
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
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
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
What did you say, Joe?
Mickey Mantle
Image
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.
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
All I have is natural ability.
Mickey Mantle