A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That’s why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.
JOE DIMAGGIOIt’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn’t. My number was up.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.
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Baseball didn’t really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.
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