#la

They put me in the drama class, and that's the path I've taken. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

#drama #i #me #path #put

When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there would have been nothing better than to spend a week with Dean Martin if I could have. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

#better #could #dead #dean #dean martin

Whenever you're going to play a real person, you run the risk of well, everybody in the world kind of has an image of what that person is and who he should be and so you really have to do your homework. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

#going #homework #image #kind #person

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

— Mickey Mantle

#been #game #how #know #life

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

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

#ball #by the time #each #field #games

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

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. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#as far as #ball #ball player #baseball #before

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

#baseball #fight #i #me #play

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

— Mickey Mantle

#ever #game #i #perfect #played