QUOTES ABOUT THE MICK

"He's the best one-legged player I ever saw play the game.": -Casey Stengal

"Mickey Mantle can hit just as good right-handed as he can left-handed. He's just naturally amphibious.": -Yogi Berra

"The body of a god. Only Mantle's legs are mortal.": -Jerry Coleman

"Everybody who roomed with Mickey said it took five years off their career.": -Whitey Ford

"Mickey tried to hit every one like they didn't count under four hundred feet.": -Casey Stengal

"Son, nobody is half as good as Mickey Mantle.": -Al Kaline, to a taunting fan who said Kaline was not half as good as Mickey Mantle

"That kid hits them pretty far. The stratmosphere around here helps . . . But you still gotta be pretty good to hit them that way.": -Casey Stengal

"The day Mickey Mantle bunted when the wind was blowing out in Crosley Field.": -Robin Roberts, asked to name his greatest All-Star Game thrill

"Mickey Mantle is like me. We ain't like nobody.": -Satchel Paige

"Mantle was the centerpiece of a bygone era when teams still rode trains, players carried their own suitcases and sluggers did not stand at home plate admiring their home runs. He ran out his homers quickly with head bent down so as not to show up the pitcher.": -William Gildea, Washington Post

Quotes about Mickey Mantle after his death in August, 1995

"He is the greatest player I ever played with and one of my best friends. Mickey and I had a lot of fun.": -Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford.

"I played with him for nine years and marveled at how hard he hit and how fast he ran. How can anyone ever forget the catch he made on Gil Hodges' line drive to save Don Larsen's perfect game?": -Former shortstop Tony Kubek.

"When he took BP everybody would kind of stop what they were doing and watch.": -Former pitcher Jim Kaat.

"Mickey meant an awful lot to me. He was a tremendous athlete. People didn't understand him the way they should have. He played 10 years on one leg. But more than that, he was a tremendous person.": -Home run king Henry Aaron.

"He transcends any game and any team. Just as Jesse Owens was to track and field and Michael Jordan is to basketball, Mickey Mantle is to baseball. Great athletes like Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio transcend the game. They are heroes to every fan. Mickey Mantle certainly is one.": -Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.

"What can you say about Mickey after you say he was one of the greatest? He had talent he didn't realize he had. If he had [Joe] DiMaggio's serious bear-down attitude, there's no telling how great he could have been. With his one good leg, he could outrun everyone.": -Former teammate Gene Woodling.

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