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 DIMAGGIOThere is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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I thought he had been shot.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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