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 DIMAGGIOA person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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 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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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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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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Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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 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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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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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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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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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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