Dizzy Dean Quotes

Dizzy Dean (14)

Birth:	16th January, 1910
Death:	17th July, 1974
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Baseball Player

About

Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, also known as Jerome Herman Dean, was an American professional baseball player.He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Browns. A brash and colorful personality, Dean was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season.

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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

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

  Dizzy Dean

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

  Dizzy Dean

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

  Dizzy Dean

• 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

• It ain’t bragging if you can do it.

  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 in salary. Mr Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn’t win thirty games.

  Dizzy Dean

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

  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

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

  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

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

  Dizzy Dean

• The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing.

  Dizzy Dean

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