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.
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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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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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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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 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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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.
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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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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