A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
JOE DIMAGGIOI 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.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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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 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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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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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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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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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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I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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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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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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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 ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you’re down.
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