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.’
JOE DIMAGGIOThe phrase ‘off with the crack of the bat’, while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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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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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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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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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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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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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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Baseball didn’t really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.
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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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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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