I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
JOE DIMAGGIOI want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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Baseball 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.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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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 ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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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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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 test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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