You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.
JOE DIMAGGIOThe 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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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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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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I thought he had been shot.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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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 played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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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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The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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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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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’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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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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