Joe DiMaggio Quotes

I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from.

There's definitely more pressure to get the first hit when you are 0-for-8 to start the year.

It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. I hit .397 and led the Mexican League with 20 home runs and was named the MVP of the league. It's when I realized I could compete with anyone at any level.

I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.

I hate losing and cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground it's a different zone altogether and that hunger for winning is always there.

Baseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a bad thing.

It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm.

You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247.

I used to get 15-20 bunt hits a season. Now, I'm down to five or six. Infielders still play me in, but I'm always looking if the opportunity is there.

Hey, I think it's easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it's a much greater accomplishment. That's hard.

I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.

The old saying was, 'Boggs never drives in any runs.' I played in 155 games. I led off. That's 155 plate appearance where I come up with nobody on.

The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.

Each game we play, every game is a championship-game mindset.

People always think it's about money, money, money, but I just want to win trophies.

I'm going to consistently hit anywhere between .290 and .310. Anything above that, I'm catching breaks and finding holes.

As long as I win and lead my team to winning, that's when I will be really satisfied.

I'm the type of player, I want to win a game.

It doesn't matter if we get a hit, a walk, hit by pitch; just trying to grind out at-bats.

Of course we always want to win, and train for it, but I also care about the quality of my performance. I want to provide a great spectacle for those who are at home.

My whole career except for the NBA, I've been a winner. I want to get back to that.

I've always played hard. If that's rough and tough, I can't help it. I don't believe there's any such thing as a good loser. I wouldn't sit down and play a game of cards with you right now withing wanting to win. If I hadn't felt that way I wouldn't have got very far in baseball.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. If you can shrug off a loss, you can never be a winner!

The fire that burns brightest in the Raiders organization is the will to win.

I know for a stretch, at least nine years, I was one of the best lead-off hitters in baseball