Joe DiMaggio was a famous American baseball centre fielder. He remained a part of ‘Major League Baseball’ for the ‘New York Yankees’ for his entire decade long career. He was popularly known as ‘The Yankee Clipper’ and ‘Joltin Joe’ and is renowned for his 56-game hitting streak with which he not only created history but became an iconic figure amongst the baseball lovers. In each of his 13 seasons he was an All-Star and he also bagged in ‘Most Valuable Player Award’ thrice. In 1955, he was inducted into the ‘Baseball Hall of Fame’. Read through the compendium of popular quotes and sayings by the distinguished player which have been excerpted from his thoughts, interviews, public utterances and life. Let us browse through some notable quotes and thoughts by Joe DiMaggio on romantic, meeting, born, pitchers, know, why, actor, ballplayer, think, play, kids, belong, win, failure etc.
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.
You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'
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
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.
Joe DiMaggio
I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.
A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
Joe DiMaggio
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.
