Joe DiMaggio quotes:

Send

Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century. -- Mickey Mantle
I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous. -- Lefty Gomez
I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth. -- Tommy Lasorda
Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio. -- Paul Simon
Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys. -- Bert Campaneris
There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw. -- Stan Musial
The first good player I watched as a kid was Joe DiMaggio, and that was like ballet. Since then, I played sandlot and college ball and came to understand how difficult it can be. -- Mario Cuomo
I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don't drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren't speaking and I said I'll take that drink. -- Casey Stengel
As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due. -- Mickey Mantle
It was in the open market that we found Joe DiMaggio with the San Francisco Seals. A bad knee had scared everybody else off DiMaggio. But we risked $25,000 in cash and five players, and landed a star whom I would not sell for $250,000. -- Jacob Ruppert
I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's only one Cal Ripken, one Lou Gehrig and one Joe DiMaggio. What is good for them isn't necessarily good for Eric Davis. -- Eric Davis
Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base. -- Jimmy Breslin
I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio. -- Mickey Mantle
I can't imagine Joe DiMaggio was a better all-around player than Dale Murphy. -- Nolan Ryan
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you. -- Paul Simon
He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country. -- Lefty Gomez
I want to thank all my teammates who scored so many runs and Joe DiMaggio, who ran down so many of my mistakes. -- Lefty Gomez
Marilyn Monroe was taken advantage of by most of the men that knew her, including Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio, whom I also knew very well. -- Debbie Reynolds
Joe DiMaggio was quite mean to Marilyn Monroe when they were married. But after she died, he did tend to her grave, which made up for it. -- Debbie Reynolds
If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.' -- Mickey Mantle
Joe DiMaggio batting sometimes gave the impression, the suggestion that the old rules and dimensions of baseball no longer applied to him, and that the game had at last grown unfairly easy. -- Donald Hall
I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don't drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren't speaking and I said I'll take that drink -- Casey Stengel
Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country. -- Ted Williams
I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I'd never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field. -- Yogi Berra
The reporter asked, "why did you play so hard.""Because there might have been somebody in the stands today who'd never seen my play before, and might never see me again"-Joe DiMaggio -- Joe DiMaggio
I don't think anyone can ever put into words the great things (Joe) DiMaggio did. Of all the stars I've known, DiMaggio needed the least coaching. -- Joe

Send