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

“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.”