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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 man! Get away from me!
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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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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm a follower.
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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.
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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 biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
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I can't play any more. I can't hit the ball when I need to. I can't steal second when I need to. I can't go from first to third when I need to. I can't score from second when I need to. I have to quit.
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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
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Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.
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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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Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
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Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'
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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 had it all and blew it.
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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.
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