You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.
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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I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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I 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.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.
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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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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 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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