Suffering is overated.
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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I don’t mind the high price of stardom. I just don’t like the high price of mediocrity.
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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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Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn’t changed
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When there is no room for individualism in ballparks, then there will be no room for individualism in life.
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I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
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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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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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What we have are good gray ballplayers, playing a good gray game and reading the good gray Wall Street Journal. They have been brainwashed, dry-cleaned and dehydrated!…
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I don’t break the rules. I merely test their elasticity.
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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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The season starts too early and finishes too late and there are too many games in between.
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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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Suffering is overrated. It doesn’t teach you anything.
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