Mickey Mantle

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#courage #coward #gang #goes #hide

If I had known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself! ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#greats #legends #baseball

If I knew I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#regrets #age

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. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#home

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#ball #bases #easy #hitting #part

He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#cart #fastest #golf #golf cart #lie

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#been #ever #fun #life #nothing

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

#bad #beyond #century #dimaggio #good

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

— Mickey Mantle

#easier #game #hurting #i #i always

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

#been #body #brain #else #good