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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.

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
Rooster
Roosters
Yankees
Chicken
Chickens
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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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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!
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I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.
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Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.
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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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His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.
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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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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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When I'm hitting, I'd play for nothing. When I'm not, any kind of money I receive makes me feel as if I'm stealing.
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