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.
JOE DIMAGGIOI want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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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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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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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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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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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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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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