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 DIMAGGIOIn that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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. 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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I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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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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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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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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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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