You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
JOE DIMAGGIOAt my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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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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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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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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.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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