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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

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

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

— Mickey Mantle

#care #going #i #knew #live

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

— Mickey Mantle

#been #ever #fun #life #nothing

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

— Mickey Mantle

#cart #fastest #golf #golf cart #lie

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

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

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