Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio
Joseph Paul DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "the Yankee Clipper", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak, a record that still stands...
Joe DiMaggio quotes about
baseball fun pain
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.
giving
There’s nobody taking center from me until I give it up.
sports play thrill
Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
actors
I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.
baseball shots
I thought he had been shot.
yankees uniforms new-york-yankees
Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
baseball drinking sleep
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.
salary sitting statistics
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.'
american-athlete kid last owe seeing
There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best.
american-athlete ballplayer club help played
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.
casey finally next order poured raging singled stopped wild
When order was finally restored, ... Casey was like a raging wild man. He poured over two strikes, and I singled off the next pitch. Tommy stopped at second.