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The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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Mickey Charles Mantle
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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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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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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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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 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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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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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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All I have is natural ability.
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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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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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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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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.
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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 thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
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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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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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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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It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.
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