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 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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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.
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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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