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.
JOE DIMAGGIOYou 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?’
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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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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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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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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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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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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