A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
JOE DIMAGGIOAt my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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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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The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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I thought he had been shot.
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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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The phrase ‘off with the crack of the bat’, while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.
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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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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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 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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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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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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