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Those people don't know how tough that really was.

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
Baseball
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The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
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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've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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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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I never got to see the '27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever. But I think it would've been a great series if we'd have had the chance to play them.
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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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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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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 don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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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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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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It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
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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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Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.
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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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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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He said to play louder. He can't hear you.
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