Dizzy Dean

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The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Medical
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It ain't bragging if you can do it.
- Dizzy Dean
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I won twenty-eight games in thirty-five and I couldn't believe my eyes when the Cards sent me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games.
- Dizzy Dean
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I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.
- Dizzy Dean
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Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss.
- Dizzy Dean
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I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?
- Dizzy Dean
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Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say isn't, and they ain't eating.
- Dizzy Dean
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I can't tell you why there's a delay, but stick your head out of the window and you'll know why.
- Dizzy Dean
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Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world.
- Dizzy Dean
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The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind.
- Dizzy Dean
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All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.
- Dizzy Dean
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Practice, work hard, and give it everything you have.
- Dizzy Dean
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Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.
- Dizzy Dean
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I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind.
- Dizzy Dean
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If Satch (Paige) and I were pitching on the same team, we would clinch the pennant by July fourth and go fishing until World Series time.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Team
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Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can't be beat.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Breakfast
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Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss?
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Missing You
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It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Oil
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Let the teachers learn the kids English. Ol' Diz will learn the kids baseball.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Baseball
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Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Mean
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The pitcher wound up and he flang the ball at the batter. The batter swang and missed. The pitcher flang the ball again and this time the batter connected. He hit a high fly right to the center fielder. The center fielder was all set to catch the ball, but at the last minute his eyes were blound by the sun and he dropped it.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Humorous
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I know who's the best pitcher I ever see and it's old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy. My fastball looks like a change of pace alongside that little pistol bullet ole Satchel (Paige) shoots up to the plate.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Boys
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I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn't want to pass him.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Father
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It ain't braggin' if you really done it.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Inspirational
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He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up against the wall.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Wall
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Me and Paul (Dean) will probably win forty games (they won forty-nine).
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Winning
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I won twenty-eight games in thirty-five and I couldn't believe my eyes when the Cards sent me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr. Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Believe
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If you can do it, it ain't braggin'... it's a matter of self-confidence. I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Sports
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He (Branch Rickey) must think I went to the Massachesetts Constitution of Technology.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Technology
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The Cards had one pitcher who won fourteen straight games in a period of twenty-four days. Then when he lost his fifteenth game 1-0, his manager fined him fifty bucks.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Games
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Heck, if anybody told me I was setting a record (strikeouts in a game on July 30, 1933) I'd of got me some more strikeouts.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: July
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Fans, don't fail to miss tomorrow's game.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Baseball
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Practice, work hard and give it everything you've got.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Hard Work
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The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and begins to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's in trouble. All I ever had was a fastball, a curve and a changeup and I did pretty good.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Smart
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A lot of folks that ain't saying 'ain't,' ain't eating.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Eating
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I'd get me a bunch of bats and balls and sneak me a couple of umpires and learn them kids behind the Iron Curtain how to tote a bat and play baseball.
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Baseball
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Why, they shot the wrong McKinley!
- Dizzy Dean
Collection: Umpires