It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
JOE DIMAGGIOWhen 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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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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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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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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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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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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