Joe DiMaggio Quotes

My dad told me, 'If you're going to go out there and play baseball, or you're going to play basketball or football, work hard at it no matter what. I want you to have fun with your buddies, but you have to put in the time because this is your craft.' He didn't just want me to be good. He pushed me to that next level.

I just want to be as successful as I can in football.

During the off-season when you see other people playing in the Super Bowl, you wonder, and you say to yourself, 'Are you ever gonna get there and see what it feels like?' And it pushes you a little bit harder during that off-season to work to try to get there the following year.

You know, I never looked down the road and said, 'Hey look, one day, the Hall of Fame.' It's always about playing each and every game 100 percent and I thank my teammates for getting me into the Hall because football is a team sport, not an individual sport.

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

Al Kaline bought a tee and a ball and swung at it all winter. Look where it got him: the Hall of Fame.

Sporting success doesn't happen by accident. It takes hard work and determination on the part of the individual athletes. And it also takes investment in facilities and training support.

Hopefully, my teammates will say that I was important and that I gave it everything and I didn't leave anything to chance my whole career. To be mentioned as Hall-worthy is a great thing.

I earned the right to get in the team, and fought every game to be in it.

Regardless of who you are, what sport you chose, or how much success you achieved, playing the game is all about getting you ready for life.

I always feel if I work hard, if I can practice 100%, then the results will come. Whether it's the first tournament, the third tournament, it's going to come.

You think I can be the MVP without practicing?

My parents were proud of the fact that I was playing cricket, they used to ferry me around during the weekends to play the game.

In the holidays at school, I used to go training with my dad every day. I used to see the hard work that went in behind what was an unbelievable Wigan team.

I've always scored through the years, no matter who I've played for.

Whenever I get the opportunity to play I do the best I can.

I always knew I could make it in baseball.

I slowly began to develop an interest in the game. I owe my success to my family. Had it not been for my father and my brother, I would not have been so closely associated with cricket.

My interpretation of football is to stay humble, work hard, and things will come.

You go out on the field every day and play hard to accomplish goals.

We work hard in the offseason, we work hard to practice to win.

Any time you make a basketball team you have the opportunity to be successful.

I was not born a cricketer to start with, so I had to really work hard; I had to really train hard. It took lots of practice and lots of matches to get there.