At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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 thought he had been shot.
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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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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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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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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.
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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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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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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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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