All pitchers are born pitchers.
JOE DIMAGGIOAt my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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 played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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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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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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The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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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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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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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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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?’
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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