At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
JOE DIMAGGIONow I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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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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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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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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Baseball didn’t really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.
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The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
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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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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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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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It’s got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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