After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
JOE DIMAGGIOI 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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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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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 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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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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If I were sitting down with George Steinbrenner (to discuss a salary) and based on what Dave Winfield got for his statistics, I’d have to say, ‘George, you and I are about to become partners.’
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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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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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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