I don’t mind the high price of stardom. I just don’t like the high price of mediocrity.
BILL VEECKPeople identify with the swashbuckling individuals, not polite little men who field their position well. Sir Galahad had a big following – but I’ll bet Lancelot had more.
More Bill Veeck Quotes
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This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There’s time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.
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Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?
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People identify with the swashbuckling individuals, not polite little men who field their position well. Sir Galahad had a big following – but I’ll bet Lancelot had more.
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I don’t want the natural athlete — I want a guy who’ll go after the hard ones.
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How can you be a sage if you’re pretty? You can’t get your wizard papers without wrinkles.
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You give a thousand people a can of beer and each of them will drink it, smack his lips and go back to watching the game. You give 1,000 cans to one guy, and there is always the outside possibility that 50,000 people will talk about it.
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If there is any justice in this world, to be a White Sox fan frees a man from any other form of penance.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.
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Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn’t changed
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I believe in God, but I’m not too clear on the other details.
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Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.
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The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball.
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Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can’t get you off.
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Next to the confrontation between two highly honed batteries of lawyers, jungle warfare is a stately minuet.
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There are only two seasons – winter and Baseball.
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