Mickey Mantle Play Quotations

The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

When I'm hitting, I'd play for nothing. When I'm not, any kind of money I receive makes me feel as if I'm stealing.

He who have the fastest cart never have to play a bad lie.

Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.

Casey didn't easily forgive a guy who got doubled up on a hit-and-run play. He didn't see any reason why the runner couldn't take a quick glance back toward the plate to make sure the ball was hit safely.

He said to play louder. He can't hear you.

I can't play any more. I can't hit the ball when I need to. I can't steal second when I need to. I can't go from first to third when I need to. I can't score from second when I need to. I have to quit.

He foresaw the platooning that managers like Casey Stengel used years before it happened. He told me I had to be a switch-hitter if I was going to play.