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When 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.

Joe DiMaggio

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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Ball Big Boy Ever Family Hungry Kept League Made Player Rich
Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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Accept Country Everything People Person Play Thrill Watch
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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Always Down Least Look never Person Play Seen Stand Thought Want
In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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Ballplayer Case Country People Person Underpaid Very
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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Absolute Death Kiss Nice Person Picture Say Thing Worst
I thought he had been shot.
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Been Had Shot Thought
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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Anyone Big Each Other Family Help Kid Know League Made Minute One Practice Three
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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Based Country Dave Discuss Down People Person Salary Statistic Winfield Writing
I no longer have it (desire to play).
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Desire Longer No Play
When 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.
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Championship Famer Five Pennant Potential Six Team Win
When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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Baseball Game Longer
There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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Always Best Kid Seeing Future Some Time
At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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Age Anything Greatest Happy Just Living My Name
At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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Age Anything Greatest Happy Just Living My Name
You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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Feel Hardest Ought Run Worst
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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Back Come Contentment Country Found Happiness More Proud Since Yankee
After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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After Big Country Hit League Page People Peron Ready
A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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Become Best Doing Example Leader Natural Person
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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Ask Drink Kind Quote Remember Reporter Soft Some Thought
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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Give Motivation Nobody Else Something
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.
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Club Feel Like Longer Manager Produce Reach Stage Teammate
There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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Center Nobody Take Until Up
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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Bat Before Crack Long Meaningless Motion Outfielder Phrase Romantic Since Totally
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?’
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Ball Bend Body Chase Command Enfiled Forward Immediately Peg Run Scoop Start
The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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Against Catch Come Fence Outfielder Skill Test
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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Baseball Blood Get Hit Into Kock Really Streak Until
Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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Ball Belong Kid League Major Many Play Today Too

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