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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

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
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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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The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
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All I had was natural ability.
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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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He who have the fastest cart never have to play a bad lie.
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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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Those people don't know how tough that really was.
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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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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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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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Hey man! Get away from me!
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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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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
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You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.
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