Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.' ↗

— Mickey Mantle

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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. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

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

— Mickey Mantle

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I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

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I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

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My views are just about the same as Casey's. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

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The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

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The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know. ↗

— Mickey Mantle

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