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 DIMAGGIOToo many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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I thought he had been shot.
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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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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.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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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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