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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.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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I had it all and blew it.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.
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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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Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.
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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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Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'
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All I had was natural ability.
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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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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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Hey man! Get away from me!
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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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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 can't play any more. I can't hit the ball when I need to. I can't steal second when I need to. I can't go from first to third when I need to. I can't score from second when I need to. I have to quit.
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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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Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can't say it's three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs four hundred pounds or that it's colored bright blue or that it sounds like a piano or that it smells like roses. It's a quality, not a thing.
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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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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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It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
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