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

Joe DiMaggio

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Joe DiMaggio
Age: 84 †
Born: 1914
Born: November 25
Died: 1999
Died: March 8
Baseball Player
Martinez
California
Joseph Paul DiMaggio
Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio
Joltin' Joe
The Yankee Clipper
The 56-game hitting streak
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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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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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It's got to be better than rooming with Joe Page.
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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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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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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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In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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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.
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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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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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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
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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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We need a hit, so here I go.
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