Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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 think there are some players born to play ball.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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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 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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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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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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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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