Baseball didn’t really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.
JOE DIMAGGIOWhen baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.
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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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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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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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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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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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