There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
JOE DIMAGGIOIf 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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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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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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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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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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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You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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