In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
JOE DIMAGGIOThe absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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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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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
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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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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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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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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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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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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