As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
VIN SCULLYAlmost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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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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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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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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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 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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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
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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’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
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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 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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It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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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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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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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 guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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