Quotes by Joe DiMaggio

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

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

“I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didnt know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.”

“Id like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.”

“A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. Thats why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.”

“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 youre a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.”

“When baseball is no longer fun, its no longer a game.”

“Im just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all Ive got to help my ball club win. Ive never played any other way.”

“We need a hit, so here I go.”

The reporter asked, why did you play so hard.Because there might have been somebody in the stands today whod never seen my play before, and might never see me again-Joe DiMaggio

Your brain commands your body to Run forward! Bend! Scoop up the ball! Peg it to the infield! Then your body says Who me?

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 youre a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

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

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

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.