The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Mickey Mantle
- If I knew I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.
- A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
- After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.
- The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen’s perfect game.
- Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, ‘Sure, every time.’
- 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.
- It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Mickey Mantle was an American professional baseball player, born on October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest switch-hitters in Major League Baseball history. Mantle spent his entire 18-year career (1951–1968) with the New York Yankees, becoming a legendary center fielder known for his powerful hitting and speed.
He won three American League MVP Awards (1956, 1957, 1962) and was a 20-time All-Star. Mantle helped lead the Yankees to seven World Series championships, hitting 536 career home runs. His remarkable 1956 season, when he won the Triple Crown, remains one of the most dominant in baseball history.
Despite battling numerous injuries and personal struggles, Mantle’s talent and competitive spirit made him an enduring sports icon. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Mickey Mantle died on August 13, 1995, leaving a lasting legacy in baseball.
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