Joe DiMaggio Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Joe DiMaggio:

We need a hit, so here I go.
~Joe DiMaggio


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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?'
~Joe DiMaggio


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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#1bd414a0

I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#d06acb5d

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.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#c969d7ea

Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#9a7367cc

I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#3f6ada58

I think there are some players born to play ball.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#0ef52b2a

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#aaae77bc

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.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#7b7678a8

All pitchers are born pitchers.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#212f5d4f

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.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#a5453f1e

When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#e43fd555

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.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#12c2d8c5

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.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#1fb3160f

Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#ffbcb9da

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#244078b3

I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
~Joe DiMaggio


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/joe-dimaggio-quotes/#6f670856

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