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Mickey Mantle Inspirational Quotes (71)

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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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He said to play louder. He can't hear you.
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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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All I had was natural ability.
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A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Those people don't know how tough that really was.
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Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can't say it's three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs four hundred pounds or that it's colored bright blue or that it sounds like a piano or that it smells like roses. It's a quality, not a thing.
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Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't feel that one strikeout was going to end the season for us.
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Sometimes I sit in my den at home and read stories about myself. Kids used to save whole scrapbooks on me. They get tired of them and mail them to me. I'll go in there and read them, and you know what? They might as well be about (Stan) Musial and (Joe) DiMaggio, it's like reading about somebody else.
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If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.
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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.
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When I'm hitting, I'd play for nothing. When I'm not, any kind of money I receive makes me feel as if I'm stealing.
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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
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Ralph (Houk) brought out the best in everybody, and that included me. I consider myself lucky to have played for him.
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The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
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I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.
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His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.
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What did you say, Joe?
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Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!
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