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 DIMAGGIOIf 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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Baseball didn’t really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.
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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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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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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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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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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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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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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it 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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