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There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm a follower.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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Dallas
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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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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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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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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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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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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 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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It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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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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The strain on Roger (Maris) was unbelievable. After I dropped out the reporters only had one guy to go to. They surrounded him everywhere he went. He had big clumps of hair falling out. That he went ahead and did it was unbelievable.
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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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The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.
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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.
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What did you say, Joe?
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All I have is natural ability.
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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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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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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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