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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
Piece
Pieces
Better
Rooster
Roosters
Yankees
Chicken
Chickens

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All I had was natural 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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The strain on Roger (Maris) was unbelievable. After I dropped out the reporters only had one guy to go to. They surrounded him everywhere he went. He had big clumps of hair falling out. That he went ahead and did it was unbelievable.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.
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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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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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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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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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I don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.
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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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My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad.
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I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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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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It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.
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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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All I have is natural ability.
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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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I had it all and blew it.
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