Mickey Mantle

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

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

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

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

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

I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability.

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.

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.

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

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.