The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.
BILL VEECKI don’t want the natural athlete — I want a guy who’ll go after the hard ones.
More Bill Veeck Quotes
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It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball’s wounds are self-inflicted.
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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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I believe in God, but I’m not too clear on the other details.
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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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Suffering is overrated. It doesn’t teach you anything.
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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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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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Deplore it if you will, but Grover Cleveland Alexander drunk was a better pitcher than Grover Cleveland Alexander sober.
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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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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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How can you be a sage if you’re pretty? You can’t get your wizard papers without wrinkles.
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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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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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I don’t want the natural athlete — I want a guy who’ll go after the hard ones.
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