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.
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 ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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I thought he had been shot.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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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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