Joe DiMaggio Quotes
A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.”
“There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best.”
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.”
“I`d like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.”
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.”
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.”
“When baseball is no longer fun, it`s no longer a game.”
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.”
I`m just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I`ve got to help my ball club win. I`ve never played any other way.”
We need a hit, so here I go.”
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.”
Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don`t belong there.”
The test of an outfielder`s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.”
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?`”
If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.”
I`m a ballplayer, not an actor.”
Now I`ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.”
I would hang every human being who possesses a drop of rebel blood in their veins
It is an interesting coincidence. I guess I am following in his footsteps, ... `Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you?` I`ll tell people my name and they don`t get it.”
“I think there are some players born to play ball
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.
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?`
Pair up in threes.
I think there are some players born to play ball.
I`d like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.
There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best.
Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don`t belong there.
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.
A ball player`s got to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That`s why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues.
There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
Now I`ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
All pitchers are born pitchers.
I`m a ballplayer, not an actor.
A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
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.
If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.
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.
I`m just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I`ve got to help my ball club win. I`ve never played any other way.
We need a hit, so here I go.
When baseball is no longer fun, it`s no longer a game.
