There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
JOE DIMAGGIOIt’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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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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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’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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Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn’t. My number was up.
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I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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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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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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I thought he had been shot.
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