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He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.
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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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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If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.
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The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit 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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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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Sometimes I sit in my den at home and read stories about myself. Kids used to save whole scrapbooks on me. They get tired of them and mail them to me. I'll go in there and read them, and you know what? They might as well be about (Stan) Musial and (Joe) DiMaggio, it's like reading about somebody else.
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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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Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
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All I have is natural ability.
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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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Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't feel that one strikeout was going to end the season for us.
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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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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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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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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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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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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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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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Hey man! Get away from me!
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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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