Vin Scully Quotes
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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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There's that old saying: Squeeze the juice out of life before life squeezes the juice out of you. I will try to squeeze the remaining juice out of life.
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I would say realistically, and I don't want any headlines, but I would say realistically that next year would be the last year.
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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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Manuel Corpas is long and lean-the opposite of Olmedo Saenz.
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I've always felt, it's a gift of God, whatever I have, whatever has made me do what I do for as long as I do it. But I know I can lose that in one second. A stroke. Whatever. One second. Blow the whole thing. So, when you do think about that, you realize how fortunate and how blessed you've been, and that's really how I feel.
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All my life I've worked and I was so lucky to go from a radio station in Washington to the Dodgers and of course, it never stopped. For me to suddenly put the key in the ignition and turn the engine off, it's kind of a frightening thought. I put the key in and left it there, God willing, for another year.
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Some people die twice: once when they retire, and again when they actually pass away. Fear of the first one is a big incentive for me to keep working.
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In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened…
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The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given.
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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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I've always felt that I was talking to one person. But I've never envisioned who that one person is.
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It's a mere moment in a man's life between an All-Star game and an old-timer's game.
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I would always say to kids, don't be afraid to dream, because it can happen.
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Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania.
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God willing I will be back next year. Over the years I have been blessed to have so many friends including those that sit in the stands and listen as well as those at home, who listen and watch. It is just too hard to say goodbye to all these friends. Naturally there will come a time, when I will have to say goodbye, but I've soul-searched and this is not the time.
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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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He (Bob Gibson) pitches as though he's double-parked.
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Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren't we all?
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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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Good is not good when better is expected.
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The only difference between a winning team and a losing team is one game. The winning team can win two out of three games...the losing team can only win one out of three.
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How good was Stan Musial? He was good enough to take your breath away.
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I don't watch teams other than Dodgers on TV and I watch the Dodgers games sparingly. I like to refresh my mind at night, so I like to read. For me, watching baseball at night, it would be like an insurance man reading actuary tables. I like to escape.
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Naturally there will come a time, when I will have to say goodbye, but I've soul-searched and this is not the time.
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.
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I love baseball and I don't want to be part of anything that would cheapen it or vulgarize it.
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It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating.
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The charm about baseball is everyone has played it in some form. Everyone relates to it.
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