ERNIE HARWELL

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.

I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.

I think if you checked the attendance records of all the announcers, you'd find a lot better record than you would of anybody else in any other business because we love the game and have a passion for it.

I'm a failed newspaper man myself.

In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens.

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

Everybody we meet has an influence on us and an impact - good or bad. And I think that's why we have to be careful with the way we handle people because what we're doing is making an impact.

In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. And color, merely something to distinguish one team's uniform from another's.

I know that Jesus is in charge; he's walking with me.

I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal.

Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.

I love what I do. If I had my time over again, I'd probably do it for nothing.

In my almost 92 years on this earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey.

It isn't me that people love. It's baseball.

Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.

I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies.

With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they have.

Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy.

I'd like to be remembered as someone who showed up for the job. I consider myself a worker.

The best thing anyone can do is be himself. Everyone was made different by God, and that's the way it should be. And if I were a writer or an announcer starting out, I don't think I'd imitate anybody. I'd try to be whatever I am.

If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don't think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It's a great survivor.

What happens with any announcer when he comes into an area, if he stays four or five years and does a fairly decent job, people accept him and he becomes part of the family.

I've been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great players.

There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball.