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.
VIN SCULLYStatistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.
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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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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
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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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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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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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I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate – and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life – is the loneliness on the road.
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If I categorized home runs that I’ve seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry’s. But I’ve seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson’s was probably the most theatrical home run I’ve ever seen.
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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.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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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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I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
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Good is not good when better is expected.
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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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