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.
JOE DIMAGGIOJust two words: a masterpiece.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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’m proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San Francisco than any man has a right to deserve. This is the friendliest city in the world.
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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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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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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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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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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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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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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I thought he had been shot.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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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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