“Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'”
"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
"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."
- Mickey Mantle
Resilience
"If I had known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself."
- Mickey Mantle
Aspirations
"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"
- President Boyd K. Packer
Ambition
"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain
Ambition
"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."
- David Ogilvy
Ambition
"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."
- Billie Jean King
Ambition
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
Ambition