Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.' Mickey Mantle
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. Mickey Mantle
It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life. Mickey Mantle
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more. Ed Parker
What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit. Ed Parker
I just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that... but I know that's just American society. Dean Smith
If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot. Dean Smith
I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well. Dean Smith
It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm. Eddie Mathews
I don't know where Hank Aaron will break Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing - ten years from the day he hits it three million people will say they were there. Eddie Mathews