Words of Wisdom — March 7, 2014

Joe DiMaggio on Grace

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“They call a man graceful because he hits a little ball with a certain swing. My father hammered piles on a railroad out of Martinez for 10 cents an hour to support a family. That was grace.”

– Joe DiMaggio

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