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.
Interpretation
The quote expresses gratitude for experiences rather than focusing on quantifying achievements.
Vin Scully emphasizes the importance of appreciation over mere statistics in life. He reflects on his extensive career in broadcasting, highlighting that the number of games he has covered is less significant than the joy and gratitude he feels for the opportunities he was given to share those moments with others.
In practice
This quote could be used during a speech at a sports event to highlight the importance of passion over titles.
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.
The minute we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget the questions.
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
Knock and it shall be opened.' But does knocking mean hammering and kicking the door like a maniac?
Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so.
He is a wise man who seeks by every legitimate means to make all the money he can honestly, for money can do so many worthwhile things in this world, not merely for one's self but for others. But he is an unmitigated fool who imagines for a moment that it is more important to make the money than to make it honestly. One of the advantages of possessing money is that it facilitates one's independence and mental attitude. The man head over heels in debt is more slave than independent.
Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure.
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