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I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

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
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Whatever
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Army

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Hey man! Get away from me!
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All I had was natural ability.
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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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If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.
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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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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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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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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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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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