I try to call the play as quickly as I possibly can and then shut up and let the crowd roar because, to me, the crowd is the most wonderful thing in the whole world when it’s making noise.
VIN SCULLYBe a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you’re no longer a fan. I don’t root for the Dodgers, really. I just try to do the game as best I can. And the winning and the losing will take care of itself.
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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
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When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio.
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I’ve told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
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To be honest, I’ve never been interested in how many games I’ve done and seen. It doesn’t mean anything to anybody. All I know is I’m eternally grateful for having been allowed to work so many games.
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Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.
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It’s a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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It’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
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I don’t like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I’m alone with a good book.
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