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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.

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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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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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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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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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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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You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.
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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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Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.
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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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I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding on every pitch, it never bothered Whitey. He pitched his game. Cool. Craft. Nerves of steel.
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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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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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His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.
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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.
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I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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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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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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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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