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?’
JOE DIMAGGIOI’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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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The phrase ‘off with the crack of the bat’, while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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If I were sitting down with George Steinbrenner (to discuss a salary) and based on what Dave Winfield got for his statistics, I’d have to say, ‘George, you and I are about to become partners.’
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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