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I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.

Vin Scully

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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Believe Myself Pitch Start Talk Thinking
A man really determines himself by what he does.
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Determination Himself Man
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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Effect Growth People
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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Game Hate Lonely Love Myself Realistic Road
It’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
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Greatness Stand Time Yourself
It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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Easy Lazy Run
I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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Baseball Fever Guess Myself Sports
As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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Bright Day Live Smile Yourself
I’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
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Author Business General Military Myself Philosophy
Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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Blow Dreams Faith God Steal Wind
You can almost taste the pressure now.
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Pressure Taste Yourself
Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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Feeling Goodness Lose Winning Worst
If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That’s the kind of thing that I love to do.
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Love Myself Player Story Work
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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Forever Gratitude Honesty Interest Myself
Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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Drink Illumination Statistics Support
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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Hope Myself Noise Play Quick Try Whole World

I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.

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