The most underrated guy is the one who will do absolutely anything to — Mickey Mantle

"I feel better than I have in years—no leg problems at all. But if Im to get three more home runs, Im afraid Ill have to get them right-handed. I dont know whats the matter. Ive lost my confidence from that side. Ive always been a better right-handed hitter than left, but it wasnt until recently that I really got into a left-handed slump. I just dont seem able to pull the trigger, hitting left-handed. I have no excuse for it. Its not my legs or anything. The ball just gets up to me before I know it."

"He was like a father to me, and I mean that. My dad died after I had been with the Yankees a year and I guess Casey felt it was up to him to bring me up right. He kept me when I wasnt ready for the big leagues. He had confidence in me. He taught me to think, to play hard from the first pitch to the last."

"When you reach the major leagues, its unbelievable how much you dont know about the game youve been playing all your life."

"No one hit the ball harder than Frank Howard. He was the strongest I ever saw. I saw him hit a line drive off Whitey Ford at the stadium that Whitey actually jumped for, it was hit that low. It ended up hitting the speakers behind the monuments in dead center. I told Whitey later that it was lucky he didnt catch it because it would have drug him to death."

"I figured that once I got past 40, that was all behind me. If I knew that I was going to live this long, Id have taken better care of myself."

"That horse had better win. I saw George get on the plane with an automatic."