There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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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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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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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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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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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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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 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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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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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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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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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 I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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 no longer have it (desire to play).
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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’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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The 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.
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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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