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

“When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.”

“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.”

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

“Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said "sure, every time".”

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

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

“To this day, with all of these muscle-bound guys, nobody hit the ball further than Mickey Mantle, with his natural strength.”