184 Quotes by Mickey Mantle

The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth’s record.

You don’t have to talk to me about pensions. I won’t be around long enough to collect one.

I thought I raised a ballplayer. You’re nothing but a coward and a quitter.

If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie’s bottom line was better.

Well, I beat my man. Now it’s up to you to beat yours.

My views are just about the same as Casey’s.

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 colored bright blue or that it sounds like a piano or that it smells like roses. It’s a quality, not a thing.

I always loved the game, but when my legs weren’t hurting it was a lot easier to love.

The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen’s perfect game.