American - Athlete | October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995
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.
Mickey Mantle
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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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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.
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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.
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He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.
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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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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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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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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
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Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.
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