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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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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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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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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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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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