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.
JOE DIMAGGIOThere’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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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.
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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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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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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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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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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I thought he had been shot.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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