“Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio.”
“But I think the Great DiMaggio would be proud of me today.”
“(Joe) Dimaggio was, in fact, mostly just a cold fish. Not even his brother Dom, who played outfield for the Red Sox..., seemed to care much for the Yankee Clipper. As someone best summed up Dimaggio: "What kind of guy learns to love the most beautiful woman in the world only after she dies?”
“I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.”
“I Have Great Faith In Fools; Self-Confidence My Friends Call It.”
“This is the second day now that I do not know the result of the juegos he thought. But I must have confidence and I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio who does all things perfectly even with the pain of the bone spur in his heel.”