I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way.
Joe DimaggioRead
You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Opening day brings joy and anticipation, reminiscent of childhood celebrations.
Joe Dimaggio captures the excitement and thrill associated with opening day in sports, comparing it to the joy of a child's birthday party. This sentiment reflects a universal feeling of hope and wonder as we embark on new beginnings, where each new season holds the potential for wonderful experiences and memories.
Themes
Opening DayExcitementAnticipationHappinessNew Beginnings
In practice
Example use cases
You might use this quote to inspire a group before the start of a sports season.
More from Joe Dimaggio
All quotes →I'm proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San Francisco than any man has a right to deserve. This is the friendliest city in the world.
Joe DimaggioRead
You ought to run the hardest when you feel the worst. Never let the other guy know you're down.
Joe DimaggioRead
A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.
Joe DimaggioRead
Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
Joe DimaggioRead
When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.
Joe DimaggioRead
Similar quotes
I mean, how many young women get a set of rubies just for doing something wholesome like swimming laps? Or win a diamond ring at Ping-Pong with their husband... ? Well, I did, and for all of these memories and the people in my life I feel blessed.
Elizabeth TaylorRead
We are tempted to believe that certain achievements and possessions will give us enduring satisfaction. We are invited to imagine ourselves scaling the steep cliff face of happiness in order to reach a wide, high plateau on which we will live out the rest of our lives; we are not reminded that soon after gaining the summit, we will be called down again into fresh lowlands of anxiety and desire.
Alain De BottonRead
That man lives happy and in command of himself, who from day to day can say I have lived. Whether clouds obscure, or the sun illumines the following day, that which is past is beyond recall.
HoraceRead
The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
Malcolm MuggeridgeRead
Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top.
Norman CousinsRead
One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy and only useful as he contributes his influences for the finer callings in life.
Milton S. HersheyRead