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.
VIN SCULLYI really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate – and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life – is the loneliness on the road.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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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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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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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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A man really determines himself by what he does.
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It’s a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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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.
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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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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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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 really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate – and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life – is the loneliness on the road.
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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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It’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
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