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.
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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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 no longer have it (desire to play).
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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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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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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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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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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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