In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
JOE DIMAGGIOA 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn’t. My number was up.
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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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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I thought he had been shot.
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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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 think there are some players born to play ball.
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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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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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There’s always some youngster coming up- they’ll find somebody.
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