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 DIMAGGIOAt my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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 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.
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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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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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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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The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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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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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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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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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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