The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
JOE DIMAGGIOI played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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I thought he had been shot.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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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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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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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 played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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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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