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...
asking soft-drinks kind
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.
born pitcher
All pitchers are born pitchers.
needs
We need a hit, so here I go.
home men yankees
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.
player thinking balls
I think there are some players born to play ball.
age
At my age, I'm just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
sports play want
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.
baseball skills tests
The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
sports baseball romantic-love
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.
birthday sports baseball
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.
kids swimming firsts
There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
thinking yankees years
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.
motivation giving desire
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.
play desire
I no longer have it (desire to play).