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.
VIN SCULLYThank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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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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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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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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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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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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I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
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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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I’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
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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 don’t like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I’m alone with a good book.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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