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.
VIN SCULLYAs long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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It’s a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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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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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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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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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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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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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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It’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
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Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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A man really determines himself by what he does.
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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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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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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 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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