“During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.”
"It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life."
- Mickey Mantle
Awareness
"A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide."
- Mickey Mantle
Teamwork
"In a team setting a boy can demonstrate his bravery independently. The cowardly find refuge within the membership of a gang."
- Mickey Mantle
Teamwork
"If I had known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself."
- Mickey Mantle
Aspirations
"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
Ambition
"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou
Resilience
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Resilience
"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."
- Michael Lopp
Resilience
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
- David Brinkley
Resilience
"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."
- Pete Cashmore
Resilience