You 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 DIMAGGIOI want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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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 always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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 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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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 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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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I thought he had been shot.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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