There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
JOE DIMAGGIOWhen you have five or six potential hall of famers on your team … that’s when you win penants and championships. The only thing you have to be concerned about is getting the ballplayers to bed on time.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.
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I always thought there was at least one person in the stands who had never seen me play, and I didn’t want to let him down.
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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to ‘Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,’ then your body says, ‘Who me?’
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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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I’m proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San Francisco than any man has a right to deserve. This is the friendliest city in the world.
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I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
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I thought he had been shot.
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I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn’t know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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When you have five or six potential hall of famers on your team … that’s when you win penants and championships. The only thing you have to be concerned about is getting the ballplayers to bed on time.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don’t do it, and it won’t happen.
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I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates. I had a poor year, but even if I had hit .350, this would have been my last year. I was full of aches an pains and it had become a chore for me to play. When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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