Vin Scully Quotes

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Vin Scully

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : November 29, 1927

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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Don't let the winds blow your dreams away... or steal your faith in God.

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Good is not good when better is expected.

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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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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.

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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.

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A man really determines himself by what he does.

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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating.

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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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The game is just one long conversation, and I'm anticipating that, and I will say things like 'Did you know that?' or 'You're probably wondering why.' I'm really just conversing rather than just doing play-by-play. I never thought of myself as having a style. I don't use key words. And the best thing I do? I shut up.

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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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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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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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It's a great time of the year... if you can stand 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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It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.

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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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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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I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.

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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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