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.
JOE DIMAGGIOI no longer have it (desire to play).
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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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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I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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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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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 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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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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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The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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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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If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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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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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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