Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

It ain't bragging if you can do it.

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

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…

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

Heck, if anybody told me I was setting a record (strikeouts in a game on July 30, 1933) I'd of got me…

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

If Satch (Paige) and I were pitching on the same team, we would clinch the pennant by July fourth and go fishing…

— Dizzy Dean

I'd get me a bunch of bats and balls and sneak me a couple of umpires and learn them kids behind the…

— Dizzy Dean

The Cards had one pitcher who won fourteen straight games in a period of twenty-four days. Then when he lost his fifteenth…

— Dizzy Dean

I know who's the best pitcher I ever see and it's old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy. My fastball looks…

— Dizzy Dean

Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say…

— Dizzy Dean

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…

— Dizzy Dean

The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and begins to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's…

— Dizzy Dean

The pitcher wound up and he flang the ball at the batter. The batter swang and missed. The pitcher flang the ball…

— Dizzy Dean

Why, they shot the wrong McKinley!

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing.

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up…

— Dizzy Dean

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

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean

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

— Dizzy Dean