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.
JOE DIMAGGIONow I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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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 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 got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first 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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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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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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