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.’
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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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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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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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I always thought there was at least one person in the stands who had never seen me play, and I didn’t want to let him down.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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.
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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’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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