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Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.'
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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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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.
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You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.
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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 7 years without ever hitting the ball.
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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.
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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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I never got to see the '27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever. But I think it would've been a great series if we'd have had the chance to play them.
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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.
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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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A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.
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Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
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We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.
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The strain on Roger (Maris) was unbelievable. After I dropped out the reporters only had one guy to go to. They surrounded him everywhere he went. He had big clumps of hair falling out. That he went ahead and did it was unbelievable.
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I don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.
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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
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