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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.

Vin Scully

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Vin Scully
Age: 96
Born: 1927
Born: November 29
Journalist
Sports Commentator
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The Bronx
New York City
Vincent Edward Scully
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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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It is kind of lovely to be sitting alone, just thinking, very quiet, no one around. I don't feel alone or left out.
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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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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.
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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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The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given.
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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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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating.
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I would always say to kids, don't be afraid to dream, because it can happen.
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We survive our way through basketball hoping the # Lakers will survive and we hope for the # Kings and for the # Ducks and we want them all to succeed but if you are a true fan and especially if you are a # Dodgers fan deep down inside you are saying please get out of the way, get off the stage, here come the DODGERS!
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If you have a sombrero, throw it to the sky!
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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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That is the way this game is -- you win, you lose, you celebrate and you suffer.
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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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