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 SCULLYI 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.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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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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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.
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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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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day.
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It’s a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.
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Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God.
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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’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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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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It’s a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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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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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
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