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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.

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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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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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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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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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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It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.
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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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A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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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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I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.
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He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.
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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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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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Those people don't know how tough that really was.
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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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