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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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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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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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If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.
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What did you say, Joe?
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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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I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.
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A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
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Hey man! Get away from me!
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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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