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 DIMAGGIOAll pitchers are born pitchers.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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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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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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The reason I play so hard is that somewhere out there is some kid who has never seen me play before, and I don’t want to disappoint him.
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