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Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
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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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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.
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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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During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.
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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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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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Every time I see his name (Dean Chance) on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up.
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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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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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What did you say, Joe?
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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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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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I had it all and blew it.
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I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
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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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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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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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