I thought he had been shot.
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 is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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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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The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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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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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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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don’t do it, and it won’t happen.
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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. 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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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