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.
VIN SCULLYIt’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.
More Vin Scully Quotes
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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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A man really determines himself by what he does.
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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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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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I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces.
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It’s a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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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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I’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me.
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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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Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.
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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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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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Good is not good when better is expected.
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