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.
JOE DIMAGGIOThere is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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 want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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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.
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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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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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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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I no longer have it (desire to 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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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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