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 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
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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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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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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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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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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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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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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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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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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 played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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We need a hit, so here I go.
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