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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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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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I never understood how someone who was dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world, but now I understand.
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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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Hey man! Get away from me!
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After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.
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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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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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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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It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
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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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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.
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I had it all and blew it.
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My biggest regret was letting my lifetime average drop below .300. I always felt I was a .300 hitter, and if I could change one thing that would be it.
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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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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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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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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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