DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career cannot be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.

Quote by Ted Williams

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They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good...

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good...

God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.

God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.

There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get...

There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get...

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face...

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face...

Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest...

Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest...

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions...

I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions...

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face...

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face...

By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.

By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.

If there was ever a man born tA vacuum is a hell of a lot...

If there was ever a man born tA vacuum is a hell of a lot...

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out...

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out...

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out...

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out...

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and...

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and...

Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.

Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but...

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but...

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good...

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good...

You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.

You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.

If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do...

If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do...

Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest...

Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest...