I no longer have it (desire to play).
JOE DIMAGGIOI’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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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I thought he had been shot.
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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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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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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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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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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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