At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
JOE DIMAGGIOI 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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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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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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If I were sitting down with George Steinbrenner (to discuss a salary) and based on what Dave Winfield got for his statistics, I’d have to say, ‘George, you and I are about to become partners.’
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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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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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