Vin Scully

“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.”

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

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

“You can almost taste the pressure now.”

“Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.”

“Good is not good when better is expected.”

“Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.”

“Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.”

“It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.”

“Losing feels worse than winning feels good.”

“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.”

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

“It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.”

“I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book.”

“That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.”