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Hey man! Get away from me!

Mickey Mantle

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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
Hey
Baseball
Away
Men

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Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.
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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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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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All I have is natural ability.
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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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All I had was natural ability.
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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.
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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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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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Those people don't know how tough that really was.
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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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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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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 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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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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You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.
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I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.
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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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