Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
VIN SCULLYAlmost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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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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I’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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Good is not good when better is expected.
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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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I think when I first started, I tried to make believe I was in the ballpark, sitting next to somebody and just talking. And if you go to a ballgame, and you sit there, you’re not going to talk pitches for three hours.
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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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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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It’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
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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 don’t like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I’m alone with a good book.
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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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