If you want to talk to me, you'll have to put out that cigarette.
Jimmy Piersall

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

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

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

I didn't get hurt in the contest. I hurt it the next day.
Jimmy Piersall

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

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