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.
VIN SCULLYI’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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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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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
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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.
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It’s a great time of the year. If you can stand it.
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Good is not good when better is expected.
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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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Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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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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I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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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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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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