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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!
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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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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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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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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It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.
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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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Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.
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As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.
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There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm a follower.
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I never understood how someone who was dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world, but now I understand.
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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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I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.
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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
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He said to play louder. He can't hear you.
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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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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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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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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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