Jimmy Piersall — American Athlete born on November 14, 1929,

James Anthony Piersall is an American former baseball center fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for five teams, from 1950 through 1967. Piersall is best known for his well-publicized battle with bipolar disorder that became the subject of the book and movie Fear Strikes Out... (wikipedia)

I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won.
If you want to talk to me, you'll have to put out that cigarette.
Probably the best thing that happened to me was going nuts. Nobody knew who I was until that happened.
I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.'
I feel great. I had a triple bypass in 1976 and a quadruple bypass in 1984.