I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
JOE DIMAGGIOI’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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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 played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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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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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 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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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.’
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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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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