“Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a ...” — Mickey Mantle Quote

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

“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.”

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

“If you'd asked me when I was six, 16, and 26, I wanted nothing more than to be a big, recognized rock star. Especially when I was six and 16, because I thought that if I was a known guitar player in a known band, only cute girls would talk to me.”

“After all those years in the business, I asked myself, 'Am I really any good? Or am I only good because I'm with good people - a Murray Pearlstein, a Ralph Lauren?”

“It's always been fun for me to play a variety of parts, and over the years, I've been lucky with the things I've been asked to do.”