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 DIMAGGIOBaseball didn’t really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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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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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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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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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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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Baseball didn’t really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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