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Joe DiMaggio [1914-1999] American
Rank: 101
Athlete, Baseball player


Joseph Paul "Joe" 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. 

Best, Birthday, Romantic, Sports



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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.
101
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. Birthday, Sports
102
I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.
103
There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best. Best
104
A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example. Best
105
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.
106
When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.
107
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.
108
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?'
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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.
110
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. Romantic
111
I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
112
Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.
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We need a hit, so here I go.
114
All pitchers are born pitchers.
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Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
116
I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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