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Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
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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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 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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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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I can't play any more. I can't hit the ball when I need to. I can't steal second when I need to. I can't go from first to third when I need to. I can't score from second when I need to. I have to quit.
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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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The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
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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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The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
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Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.
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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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Those people don't know how tough that really was.
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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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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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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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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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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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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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It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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