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.
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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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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 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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A 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.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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