There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best. Joe DiMaggio More Quotes by Joe DiMaggio More Quotes From Joe DiMaggio 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. Joe DiMaggio motivationalinspirationalsports A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example. Joe DiMaggio baseballinspirationallife I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time. Joe DiMaggio everydayplaymay 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. Joe DiMaggio motivationdesiregiving You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you're down. Joe DiMaggio worstguyrunning 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. Joe DiMaggio baseballbirthdaysports 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. Joe DiMaggio wantplaykids Just two words: a masterpiece. Joe DiMaggio masterpieceyankeestwo I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee Joe DiMaggio famous-baseballyankee-stadiumyankees The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch. Joe DiMaggio testsskillsbaseball At my age, I'm just happy to be named the greatest living anything. Joe DiMaggio age 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. Joe DiMaggio yankeesyearsthinking 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. Joe DiMaggio baseballdrinkingsleep 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. Joe DiMaggio leaguesportskids 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. Joe DiMaggio familybaseballsports 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. Joe DiMaggio soft-drinkskindasking 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. Joe DiMaggio playsuccesssports When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game. Joe DiMaggio baseballfunsports 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.' Joe DiMaggio sitting-downsalarystatistics 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. Joe DiMaggio romantic-lovebaseballsports
