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I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.

Joe DiMaggio

The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
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Absolute Death Kiss Nice Person Picture Say Thing Worst
I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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Good Lord Make Thank Want Yankee
We need a hit, so here I go.
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Go Here Hot Need
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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Club Feel Like Longer Manager Produce Reach Stage Teammate
In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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Ballplayer Case Country People Person Underpaid Very
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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Ask Drink Kind Quote Remember Reporter Soft Some Thought
I no longer have it (desire to play).
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Desire Longer No Play
At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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Age Anything Greatest Happy Just Living My Name
I think there are some players born to play ball.
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Ball Born Play Player Some Think
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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Ball Bend Body Chase Command Enfiled Forward Immediately Peg Run Scoop Start
The reason I play so hard is that somewhere out there is some kid who has never seen me play before, and I don’t want to disappoint him.
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Before Kid never Play Reason Seen Some Somewhere
I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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Actor Ballplayer
It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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Better Country Got People Person Room Tham
The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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Against Catch Come Fence Outfielder Skill Test
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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Bat Before Crack Long Meaningless Motion Outfielder Phrase Romantic Since Totally
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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Apologize Cab Driver Guy Later Over Serious Thirty Years

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