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Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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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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The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.
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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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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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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.
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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.
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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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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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All I have is natural ability.
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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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I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.
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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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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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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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I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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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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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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