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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.
Joe DiMaggio
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Joe DiMaggio
Age: 84 †
Born: 1914
Born: November 25
Died: 1999
Died: March 8
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Joseph Paul DiMaggio
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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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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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The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, 'That's nice. It's the kiss of death.
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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
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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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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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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.
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I thought he had been shot.
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I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.
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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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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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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.
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.
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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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It's great to be young and be a Yankee!
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Just two words: a masterpiece.
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