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 DIMAGGIOThere’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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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 got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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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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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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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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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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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