The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
JOE DIMAGGIOI 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
-
-
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 DIMAGGIO -
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.
JOE DIMAGGIO -
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.
JOE DIMAGGIO -
It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
JOE DIMAGGIO -
The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
JOE DIMAGGIO -
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.
JOE DIMAGGIO -
I think there are some players born to play ball.
JOE DIMAGGIO -
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 DIMAGGIO -
After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
JOE DIMAGGIO -
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?’
JOE DIMAGGIO -
In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
JOE DIMAGGIO -
Just two words: a masterpiece.
JOE DIMAGGIO -
When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
JOE DIMAGGIO -
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.
JOE DIMAGGIO -
You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
JOE DIMAGGIO