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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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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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My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad.
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The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.
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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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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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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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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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What did you say, Joe?
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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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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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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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Hey man! Get away from me!
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All I have is natural ability.
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Those people don't know how tough that really was.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.
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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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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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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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If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.
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It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
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