You can almost taste the pressure now.
VIN SCULLYA man really determines himself by what he does.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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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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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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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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A man really determines himself by what he does.
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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’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
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It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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Good is not good when better is expected.
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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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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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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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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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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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One of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella’s line about how, in order to be a major-league player, you have to have a lot of little boy in you.
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