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.
VIN SCULLYI’ve told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
VIN SCULLYI guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
VIN SCULLYIn 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 SCULLYThat really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.
VIN SCULLYBe a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
VIN SCULLYI’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
VIN SCULLYOne of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella’s line about how, in order to be a major-league player, you have to have a lot of little boy in you.
VIN SCULLYIf 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.
VIN SCULLYThank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.
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.
VIN SCULLYYou can almost taste the pressure now.
VIN SCULLYI 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 SCULLYWhen 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.
VIN SCULLYAs long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
VIN SCULLYThe roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
VIN SCULLYStatistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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