Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
JOE DIMAGGIOThe reason I play so hard is that somewhere out there is some kid who has never seen me play before, and I don’t want to disappoint him.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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I thought he had been shot.
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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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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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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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The 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.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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