Ernie Harwell Quotes

Baseball is the life.

Baseball is the greatest sport in the world. It is the cleanest, besides affording more people the right kind of amusement than any other. I do not say that because I have made my living at it. I say it from the heart.

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

Baseball, my son, is the cornerstone of civilization.

I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.

Baseball is the greatest thing in the world.

Baseball has been my favorite sport all my life.

Baseball's what I do.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel's suitcase.

Baseball has long been a national pastime that many Americans have cherished.

It's a beautiful thing, baseball.

I don't find that much wrong with baseball.

When push comes to shove, baseball is one of my favorite things in the world.

Baseball can be slow in many ways. The action starts with when the pitcher delivers the ball. But the action really starts when the crack of the bat happens.

Baseball is the favorite American sport because it's so slow. Any idiot can follow it. And just about any idiot can play it.

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.

Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way to Cooperstown. This is a game for America. Still a game for America, this baseball!

No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball.

Since 1869, baseball has been doing pretty well.

I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

Baseball, of course, has long been played under the burden of metaphor. More so than basketball or football, it is supposed to represent something larger than itself.