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.’
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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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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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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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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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You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to ‘Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,’ then your body says, ‘Who me?’
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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I thought he had been shot.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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