Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
JOE DIMAGGIONow I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
JOE DIMAGGIOI 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.
JOE DIMAGGIOAt my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
JOE DIMAGGIOI no longer have it (desire to play).
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 DIMAGGIOI’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
JOE DIMAGGIOI thought he had been shot.
JOE DIMAGGIOToo many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
JOE DIMAGGIOThere’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
JOE DIMAGGIOJust two words: a masterpiece.
JOE DIMAGGIOI think there are some players born to play ball.
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 DIMAGGIOI want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
JOE DIMAGGIONow 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.
JOE DIMAGGIOI feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates. I had a poor year, but even if I had hit .350, this would have been my last year. I was full of aches an pains and it had become a chore for me to play. When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
JOE DIMAGGIO