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.
VIN SCULLYThe roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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I think when I first started, I tried to make believe I was in the ballpark, sitting next to somebody and just talking. And if you go to a ballgame, and you sit there, you’re not going to talk pitches for three hours.
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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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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob 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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It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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Good is not good when better is expected.
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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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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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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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It’s a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.
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I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
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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.
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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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