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Mickey Mantle
 
Date of birth: 20 October 1931
Date of death: 13 August 1995
Country Of Origin: America
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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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" 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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" All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting your name, even when there are only four or five thousand in the stands on a Wednesday afternoon. "

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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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" But god-damn, to think you're a .300 hitter and end up at .237 in your last season, then find yourself looking at a lifetime .298 average - it made me want to cry. "

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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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" Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part. "

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" I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love. "

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" I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability. "

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" I don't care who you are, you hear those boos. "

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" I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you want me to sign it?' "

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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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" If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. "

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" It was all I lived for, to play baseball. "

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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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