Dizzy Dean Quotations

It ain't bragging if you can do it.

The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing.

Practice, work hard, and give it everything you have.

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.

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.

I can't tell you why there's a delay, but stick your head out of the window and you'll know why.

All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.

Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world.

I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.

I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind.

Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.

Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss.

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.

Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort.

The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind.

Fans, don't fail to miss tomorrow's game.

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.

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.

Practice, work hard and give it everything you've got.

Why, they shot the wrong McKinley!

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.

It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?

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.

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.

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.

I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn't want to pass him.

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.

A lot of folks that ain't saying 'ain't,' ain't eating.

He (Branch Rickey) must think I went to the Massachesetts Constitution of Technology.

Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can't be beat.

It ain't braggin' if you really done it.

I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?

Let the teachers learn the kids English. Ol' Diz will learn the kids baseball.

Me and Paul (Dean) will probably win forty games (they won forty-nine).

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.

It ain't braggin' if you can back it up.

It ain't bragging if you really done it.

Well what's wrong with ain't? And as for saying 'Rizzuto slud into second' it just ain't natural. Sounds silly to me. Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort.