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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

Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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Accept Country Everything People Person Play Thrill Watch
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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Championship Famer Five Pennant Potential Six Team Win
At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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Age Anything Greatest Happy Just Living My Name
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.
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Ball Big Boy Ever Family Hungry Kept League Made Player Rich
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.
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Give Motivation Nobody Else Something
It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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Great Young
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.
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Back Come Contentment Country Found Happiness More Proud Since Yankee
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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Club Feel Longer Manager Produce Reach Stage Teammate
I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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Good Lord Make Thank Want Yankee
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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Ball Bend Body Chase Command Enfiled Forward Immediately Peg Run Scoop Start
I think there are some players born to play ball.
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Ball Born Play Player Some Think
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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Apologize Cab Driver Guy Later Over Serious Thirty Years
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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Always Down Least Look never Person Play Seen Stand Thought Want
We need a hit, so here I go.
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Go Here Hot Need
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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Always Day Get Go How Kick Many Matter No Open Special Through
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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Based Country Dave Discuss Down People Person Salary Statistic Winfield Writing
A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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Become Best Doing Example Leader Natural Person
The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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Against Catch Come Fence Outfielder Skill Test
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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Before Kid never Play Reason Seen Some Somewhere
I no longer have it (desire to play).
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Desire Longer No Play
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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Baseball Blood Get Hit Into Kock Really Streak Until
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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Ask Drink Kind Quote Remember Reporter Soft Some Thought
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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Club Feel Like Longer Manager Produce Reach Stage Teammate
There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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Center Nobody Take Until Up
In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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Ballplayer Case Country People Person Underpaid Very
I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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Actor Ballplayer
At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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Age Anything Greatest Happy Just Living My Name

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