Mel Allen quotes
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“I know a doctor who can give you a shot and you'll get over that cold you've got and get better in a day.”
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“Here's the pitch. Mantle swings. There's a tremendous drive going into deep left field! It's going, going! It's over the bleachers... over the sign atop the bleachers... into the yards of houses across the street! It's got to be one of the longest runs I've ever seen! How about that!”
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“In 1961, when Maris broke Babe Ruth's record, he wasn't intentionally walked once. Mickey batted after Roger, and nobody was going to put a man on base with Mantle coming up to the plate.”
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“And that one is gone. A home run for Mickey Mantle! How do you like that?”
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“Ladies and gentlemen, the great number seven, Mickey Mantle.”
-- Mel Allen
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“Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time.”
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“I happened to be in the right place at the right time.”
Source : "Calvin Harris Out-Earns Jay Z, Toby Keith As World’s Highest Paid DJ" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 20, 2014.
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“I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.”
Source : "The Hollywood Book of Scandals: The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds". Book by James Robert Parish, p. 67, 2004.
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“Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.”
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“If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.”
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