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" Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect. "
Growing
Growing Up
People
" Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren't we all? "
Dawson
Knee
Andre
" As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day. "
Because
Day
Smiling
" Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up. "
Cork
Bob
You
" Don't let the winds blow your dreams away... or steal your faith in God. "
Dreams
God
Winds
" Good is not good when better is expected. "
Better
Good
Expected
" If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That's the kind of thing that I love to do. "
Precious
Love
I Can
" 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. "
Home
Seen
Great
" I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump. "
Fever
Baseball
Still
" I'm going to sit back, light up, and hope I don't chew the cigarette to pieces. "
Light
Back
Going
" I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me. "
Military
Business
Guru
" 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. "
Best
Winning
Losing
" I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road. "
Loneliness
Hate
Challenge
" 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. "
Talking
Sit
Believe
" 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. "
Shut Up
Try
Wonderful
" It's a great time of the year... if you can stand it. "
You
Year
Great
" It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations. "
Unite
Past
Feeling
" 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. "
Plans
Back
You
" Losing feels worse than winning feels good. "
Than
Losing
Winning
" 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. "
Favorite
Boy
You
" On radio, you're in your own little world. Every time I'd be doing a possible no-hitter - I think I've done something like 25 no-hitters and a couple of perfect games - I would always put the date on the tape. Not for me, but for the player, so that 25 or 30 years later when he's playing it for his kids or grandkids, you have that date. "
Perfect
Me
You
" Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination. "
Used
Support
Statistics
" That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up. "
Crowd
Week
Up
" 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. "
Style
Thought
You
" The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating. "
Sweetest
Always
Crowd
" 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. "
Grateful
Work
Know
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