Joe DiMaggio Quotes

I thought he had been shot.

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.

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

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

In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.

There's always some youngster coming up- they'll find somebody.

It's got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.

I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.

I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.

Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.

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.

Just two words: a masterpiece.

All pitchers are born pitchers.

After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.

We need a hit, so here I go.

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.'

You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you're down.

I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee

The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.

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.

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.

It's great to be young and be a Yankee!

There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.

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

I think there are some players born to play ball.

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.

The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, '"That's nice." It's the kiss of death.

I no longer have it (desire to play).

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

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.

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.