You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
JOE DIMAGGIOYou ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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The 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.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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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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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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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.
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I 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.
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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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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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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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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