The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.
BILL VEECKThere are only two seasons – winter and Baseball.
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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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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When the Supreme Court says baseball isn’t run like a business, everybody jumps up and down with joy. When I say the same thing, everybody throws pointy objects at me.
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Suffering is overrated. It doesn’t teach you anything.
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I don’t mind the high price of stardom. I just don’t like the high price of mediocrity.
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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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Suffering is overated.
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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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The season starts too early and finishes too late and there are too many games in between.
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Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn’t changed
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I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.
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Every baseball crowd, like every theatre audience, has its own distinctive attitude and atmosphere.
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Deplore it if you will, but Grover Cleveland Alexander drunk was a better pitcher than Grover Cleveland Alexander sober.
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Hating the Yankees isn’t part of my act. It is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction.
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