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Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.

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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Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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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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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.
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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 wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.
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Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.
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During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.
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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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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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I had it all and blew it.
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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
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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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If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.
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I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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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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It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
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