MICKEY MANTLE

I was sitting with some friends and we were reminiscing about our lives and of growing older.  I had to admit that growing old was one swift moment in time for me. It was when I went skiing and fell down.  It was the first time I realized or admitted that it simply hurt to fall down and I was not going to do it anymore!

So now looking back on my life, I can see there were many times when I probably should have shut up and sat still.  But then I suppose that is what youth is for. I’m not sure that if I had cut out one or ten things that I had done when young, that I would mentally or physically feel any better than I do right now.  Aging is a process and has to do with so many things that it would be hard to figure out what would make your life better.