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.
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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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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 no longer have it (desire to play).
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I thought he had been shot.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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.
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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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