The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball.
BILL VEECKI do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.
More Bill Veeck Quotes
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Suffering is overrated. It doesn’t teach you anything.
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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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There are only two seasons – winter and Baseball.
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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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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.
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It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball’s wounds are self-inflicted.
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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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Every baseball crowd, like every theatre audience, has its own distinctive attitude and atmosphere.
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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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I don’t want the natural athlete — I want a guy who’ll go after the hard ones.
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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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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 don’t break the rules. I merely test their elasticity.
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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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