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.
JOE DIMAGGIOA 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.
JOE DIMAGGIOI feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
JOE DIMAGGIOBaseball 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.
JOE DIMAGGIOAt my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
JOE DIMAGGIOJust two words: a masterpiece.
JOE DIMAGGIOThe absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
JOE DIMAGGIOThere’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
JOE DIMAGGIOAll pitchers are born pitchers.
JOE DIMAGGIOThe 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.
JOE DIMAGGIOYou start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to ‘Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,’ then your body says, ‘Who me?’
JOE DIMAGGIOIt’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
JOE DIMAGGIOThe 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.
JOE DIMAGGIOWhen baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
JOE DIMAGGIOI 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 DIMAGGIOI want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
JOE DIMAGGIOI no longer have it (desire to play).
JOE DIMAGGIO