I’ve told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
VIN SCULLYIn 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.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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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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Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
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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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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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If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That’s the kind of thing that I love to do.
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It’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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Good is not good when better is expected.
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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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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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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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One of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella’s line about how, in order to be a major-league player, you have to have a lot of little boy in you.
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Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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