To be honest, I’ve never been interested in how many games I’ve done and seen. It doesn’t mean anything to anybody. All I know is I’m eternally grateful for having been allowed to work so many games.
VIN SCULLYIt’s a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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If I categorized home runs that I’ve seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry’s. But I’ve seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson’s was probably the most theatrical home run I’ve ever seen.
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It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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I’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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I don’t like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I’m alone with a good book.
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That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.
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In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you’re no longer a fan. I don’t root for the Dodgers, really. I just try to do the game as best I can. And the winning and the losing will take care of itself.
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I try to call the play as quickly as I possibly can and then shut up and let the crowd roar because, to me, the crowd is the most wonderful thing in the whole world when it’s making noise.
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Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.
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It’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
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When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio.
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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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A man really determines himself by what he does.
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