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.
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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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I thought he had been shot.
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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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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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.
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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. 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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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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