You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
JOE DIMAGGIOPutting the Yankee uniform on every day.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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 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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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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The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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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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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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I thought he had been shot.
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