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.
JOE DIMAGGIOAfter I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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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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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 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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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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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