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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.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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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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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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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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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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Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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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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He said to play louder. He can't hear you.
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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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I had it all and blew it.
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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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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!
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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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All I have is natural ability.
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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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