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.
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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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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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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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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You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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