It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
JOE DIMAGGIOMotivation 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn’t know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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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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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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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I thought he had been shot.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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