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Letter "M" » Mickey Mantle Quotes
«Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.»
«I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about.»
Author: Mickey Mantle
(Baseball Player)
«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.»
Author: Mickey Mantle
(Baseball Player)
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Aaron, DiMaggio, era, fifteen, Joe, Joe DiMaggio
«I had it all and blew it.»
«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.»
«Sometimes I sit in my den at home and read stories about myself. Kids used to save whole scrapbooks on me. They get tired of them and mail them to me. I'll go in there and read them, and you know what? They might as well be about Musial and DiMaggio, it's like reading about somebody else.»
«My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me everyday after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad.»
Author: Mickey Mantle
(Baseball Player)
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after-school, batted, granddad, grandfather, handed, lefty, left handed, pitched, switch-hit, yard
«Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.»
«The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.»
«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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