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.
JOE DIMAGGIOAt my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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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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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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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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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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 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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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