I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
JOE DIMAGGIOI played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
JOE DIMAGGIOBaseball 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.
JOE DIMAGGIOI want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
JOE DIMAGGIOThe absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
JOE DIMAGGIOI 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.
JOE DIMAGGIOThere’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
JOE DIMAGGIOWhen baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
JOE DIMAGGIOAt my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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.
JOE DIMAGGIOWe need a hit, so here I go.
JOE DIMAGGIOIt’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
JOE DIMAGGIOA ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That’s why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.
JOE DIMAGGIOJust two words: a masterpiece.
JOE DIMAGGIOPutting the Yankee uniform on every day.
JOE DIMAGGIOIt’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
JOE DIMAGGIOThe 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.
JOE DIMAGGIO