At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
JOE DIMAGGIOThere’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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 thought he had been shot.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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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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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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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The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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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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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’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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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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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