There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
JOE DIMAGGIOToo many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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 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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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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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It’s great to be young and be 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. 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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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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