Quotes by Dizzy Dean - Page 1

Why, they shot the wrong McKinley!
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Mckinley
Shots
Umpires
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It ain't bragging if you can do it.
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Bragging
Can Do
Ifs
You Can Do It
You
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It ain't braggin' if you really done it.
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Inspirational
Done
Ifs
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Fans, don't fail to miss tomorrow's game.
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Baseball
Games
Missing
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The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing.
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Funny
Medical
Baseball
Doctors
Found
Stupid
Nothing
Head
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Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss.
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Son
Miss
Pitch
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Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss?
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Missing You
Pitching
Son
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I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?
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Hell
Pitching
Used
Hell Is
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I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind.
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Blessed
Mind
Strong
Weak
Arm
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Practice, work hard, and give it everything you have.
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Work Hard
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Practice, work hard and give it everything you've got.
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Giving
Hard Work
Practice
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A lot of folks that ain't saying 'ain't,' ain't eating.
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Eating
Folks
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Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort.
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Effort
Great Effort
Mean
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Me and Paul (Dean) will probably win forty games (they won forty-nine).
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Games
Pitching
Winning
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Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Babe
People
Pitching
Ruth
People More Than
Mr
More People
Park
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Let the teachers learn the kids English. Ol' Diz will learn the kids baseball.
Dizzy Dean / Baseball Player
Kids
Teacher
Baseball
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He (Branch Rickey) must think I went to the Massachesetts Constitution of Technology.
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Technology
Branches
Thinking
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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 / Baseball Player
Body
Lord
Mind
Strong
Weak
Good Mind Me
Arm
Good Lord
Right Arm
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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.
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Delay
Pitching
Sticks
Window
Stick
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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.
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Father
Third Grade
Want
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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 / Baseball Player
Baseball
Careers
Cubs
Giants
Wind
Yankees
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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.
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Pitcher
Pitching
Play
Privilege
World
World I Am Me
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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 / Baseball Player
Average
Batting
Hate
Statistics
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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.
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Advertising
Beats
Breakfast
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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 / Baseball Player
Filling
Oil
Pitching
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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.
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Games
July
Records
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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.
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Balls
Legs
Wall
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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 / Baseball Player
Sports
Self Confidence
Shrinking
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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.
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Fishing
July
Team
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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.
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Teacher
Baseball
Eating
People
Teach
People Will Who
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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.
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Kids
Baseball
Couple
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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.
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Cards
Games
Twenties
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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 / Baseball Player
Cards
Salary
Thirty
Eyes Believe Me
Mr
Contract
Cut
Deserved
Won
Sent
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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.
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Believe
Cutting
Eye
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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.
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Curves
Different
Smart
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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.
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Boys
Looks
Pace
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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.
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Balls
Eye
Humorous
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