Vin Scully

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.

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

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

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

In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened…

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

Losing feels worse than winning feels good.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.