Jimmy Piersall Quotes

You touch me and I’ll kick you in the rear.

We should have won the pennant that year. It was the best club I was ever on.

Probably the best thing that happened to me was going nuts. Nobody knew who I was until that happened.

Nutrition makes me puke.

If you want to talk to me, you’ll have to put out that cigarette.

I’ve had 117 fights and that’s the first time I’ve ever won.

I’m the gooney bird that walked to the bank. I’m doing better than most of those guys who said I was crazy.

I feel great. I had a triple bypass in 1976 and a quadruple bypass in 1984.

I didn’t mind if they yelled at me, but when they came on the field, it was a different story.

I didn’t get hurt in the contest. I hurt it the next day.

I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, ‘You’re too ornery to die.’