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 feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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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’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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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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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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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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When you have five or six potential hall of famers on your team … that’s when you win penants and championships. The only thing you have to be concerned about is getting the ballplayers to bed on time.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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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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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I thought he had been shot.
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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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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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