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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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Dallas
Texas
Mickey Charles Mantle
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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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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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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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Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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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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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.
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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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He who have the fastest cart never have to play a bad lie.
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All I have is natural ability.
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Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can't say it's three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs four hundred pounds or that it's colored bright blue or that it sounds like a piano or that it smells like roses. It's a quality, not a thing.
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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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I had it all and blew it.
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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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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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