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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.

Joe DiMaggio

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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Ball Bend Body Chase Command Enfiled Forward Immediately Peg Run Scoop Start
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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Based Country Dave Discuss Down People Person Salary Statistic Winfield Writing
There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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Center Nobody Take Until Up
It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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Great Young
The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
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Absolute Death Kiss Nice Person Picture Say Thing Worst
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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Bat Before Crack Long Meaningless Motion Outfielder Phrase Romantic Since Totally
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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Back Come Contentment Country Found Happiness More Proud Since Yankee
I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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Actor Ballplayer
Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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Day Every Put Uniform
I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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Best Day Every First Know Play Seeing Someone Time
At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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Age Anything Greatest Happy Just Living My Name
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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Championship Famer Five Pennant Potential Six Team Win
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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Always Day Get Go How Kick Many Matter No Open Special Through
At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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Age Anything Greatest Happy Just Living My Name
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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Club Feel Longer Manager Produce Reach Stage Teammate
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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Club Feel Like Longer Manager Produce Reach Stage Teammate

There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.

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