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All I have is natural ability.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
Baseball Player
Dallas
Texas
Mickey Charles Mantle
Baseball
Ability
Natural

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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.
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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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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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People say Yogi (Berra) is a strange guy, and I've heard Yogi say some funny things. But he has a beautiful wife, he's rich, and he's famous. I don't see anything strange about that.
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Every time I see his name (Dean Chance) on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up.
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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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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.
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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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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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Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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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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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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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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I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding on every pitch, it never bothered Whitey. He pitched his game. Cool. Craft. Nerves of steel.
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