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.
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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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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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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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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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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 test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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It’s great to be young and be 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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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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I thought he had been shot.
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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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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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