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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
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Away
Men

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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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Every time I see his name (Dean Chance) on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up.
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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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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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Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.
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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.
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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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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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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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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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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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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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The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
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I don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.
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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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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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I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.
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All I had was natural ability.
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All I have is natural ability.
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