It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

- Mickey Mantle

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 …

- Mickey Mantle

Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can't say it's three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs four hundred pounds or that it's …

- Mickey Mantle

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…

- Mickey Mantle

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 avera…

- Mickey Mantle

Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.

- Mickey Mantle

Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you set your mind to. Make us proud of …

- Mickey Mantle

You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.

- Mickey Mantle

I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you want me to sign it?'

- Mickey Mantle