Jimmy Piersall

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I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.'
- Jimmy Piersall
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I feel great. I had a triple bypass in 1976 and a quadruple bypass in 1984.
- Jimmy Piersall
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I'm the gooney bird that walked to the bank. I'm doing better than most of those guys who said I was crazy.
- Jimmy Piersall
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I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won.
- Jimmy Piersall
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If you want to talk to me, you'll have to put out that cigarette.
- Jimmy Piersall
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Probably the best thing that happened to me was going nuts. Nobody knew who I was until that happened.
- Jimmy Piersall
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We should have won the pennant that year. It was the best club I was ever on.
- Jimmy Piersall
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You touch me and I'll kick you in the rear.
- Jimmy Piersall
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I didn't get hurt in the contest. I hurt it the next day.
- Jimmy Piersall
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I didn't mind if they yelled at me, but when they came on the field, it was a different story.
- Jimmy Piersall
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Nutrition makes me puke.
- Jimmy Piersall
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Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher's mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case of rain, you gotta call the game and start all over again.
- Jimmy Piersall
Collection: Inspirational
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... I want the world to know that people like me who have returned from the half-world of mental oblivion are not forever contaminated. We have been sick.
- Jimmy Piersall
Collection: Sick
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I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.
- Jimmy Piersall
Collection: Doctors
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There is no better therapy than understanding.
- Jimmy Piersall
Collection: Understanding
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If Kona were to get a new logo, it would have to be a original character, not some well know one.
- Jimmy Piersall
Collection: Character