After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
JOE DIMAGGIOYou ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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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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The 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.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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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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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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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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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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