There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
JOE DIMAGGIOMotivation 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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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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I thought he had been shot.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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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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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 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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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 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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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’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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