The reason I play so hard is that somewhere out there is some kid who has never seen me play before, and I don’t want to disappoint him.
JOE DIMAGGIONow 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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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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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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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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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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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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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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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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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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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