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 DIMAGGIOPutting the Yankee uniform on every day.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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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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I thought he had been shot.
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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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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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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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