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

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

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money...

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money...

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...

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 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...

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.

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

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

I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.

I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.

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...

Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.

Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...