“Joltin’ Joe” and “The Yankee Clipper” were nicknames for Joe, an American baseball center fielder who spent his entire 13-year career with the New York Yankees. And he is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, with a 56-game hitting streak that has stood the test of time.
During his career, Joe DiMaggio has also received the Most Valuable Player Award three times and been named an All-Star. His Yankees won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships during his time with the franchise.
He retired in 1951, and at the time, he was ranked fifth in career home runs and sixth in career slugging percentage, respectively. The clock kept ticking, until he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995. He is also known for his devotion to Marilyn Monroe. Here are some his greatest quotes:
“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
“I think there are some players born to play ball.”― Joe
“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
“There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.”― Joe
“A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.”― Joe
“I’d like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.”― Joe
“When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.”― Joe
“All pitchers are born pitchers.”― Joe
“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
“I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.”― Joe
“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?’”― Joe
“Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.”― Joe
“Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.”― Joe
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“A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.”― Joe DiMaggio
“I’d like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.”― 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.”― Joe DiMaggio
“I think there are some players born to play ball.”― Joe DiMaggio
“There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.”― Joe DiMaggio
“When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.”― 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
“All pitchers are born pitchers.”― Joe DiMaggio
“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
“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
“Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.”― Joe DiMaggio
“Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.”― Joe DiMaggio
“I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.”― Joe DiMaggio
“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
“WE NEED A HIT, SO HERE I GO.”― JOE DIMAGGIO
“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?’”― Joe DiMaggio