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All I had was 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
Natural
Baseball
Ability

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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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What did you say, Joe?
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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.
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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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I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.
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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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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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The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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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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If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.
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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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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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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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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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I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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