Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle
Mickey Charles Mantle, nicknamed "The Commerce Comet" and "The Mick", was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseballcareer with the New York Yankees as a center fielder and first baseman, from 1951 through 1968. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers, and is regarded by many as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 October 1931
CitySpavinaw, OK
CountryUnited States of America
Sometimes I sit in my den at home and read stories about myself. Kids used to save whole scrapbooks on me. They get tired of them and mail them to me. I'll go in there and read them, and you know what? They might as well be about (Stan) Musial and (Joe) DiMaggio, it's like reading about somebody else.
To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.
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.'
As far as he knew, I was dying.
I don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.
Hey Mantle, you win. You're the worst.
You don't have to talk to me about pensions. I won't be around long enough to collect one.
At my best I was as good as anyone.
I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.
The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
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.
Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
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!