You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to ‘Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,’ then your body says, ‘Who me?’
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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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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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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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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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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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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