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.
JOE DIMAGGIOI no longer have it (desire to play).
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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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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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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