I don’t mind the high price of stardom. I just don’t like the high price of mediocrity.
BILL VEECKBaseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn’t changed
More Bill Veeck Quotes
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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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Deplore it if you will, but Grover Cleveland Alexander drunk was a better pitcher than Grover Cleveland Alexander sober.
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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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Suffering is overated.
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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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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 believe in God, but I’m not too clear on the other details.
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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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Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?
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Suffering is overrated. It doesn’t teach you anything.
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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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I don’t want the natural athlete — I want a guy who’ll go after the hard ones.
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It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball’s wounds are self-inflicted.
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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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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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