I no longer have it (desire to play).
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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I thought he had been shot.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for 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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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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 want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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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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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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 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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The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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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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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