Ernie Harwell Quotes

No one man is superior to the game.

It's kind of interesting on a team sport because you have young players, you have older players, you have veterans. But ultimately, when you step in between those lines, you're just a player.

On the field, everyone is equal.

I think we have enough trouble finding community in this country, and sport does provide that. It is a mediocrisy, the greatest mediocrisy. If you're the best, it shows in sports. Nobody can say, 'Well, he's only there because of his connections,' or whatever. In that sense, I suppose it upholds democracy and the best in us.

Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.

That's what's great about baseball: some people are exceptional at the game, but still, even people that aren't very athletic, like me - I played Little League! It's one of those games in sports where even if you're not the greatest, you can still play.

In the end, the great leveler in any sport is performance on the field or on the court. Kids don't care what language players speak or if they eat tacos, rice, or sauerkraut. They don't care if they're white, black, or brown.

I don't think teams play this game to hurt other guys. I don't think that's the story. We don't play this game to hurt one another.

Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game.

You know how on movie sets there are specific chairs for each person? I hate that. We don't have names on our chairs. We have five chairs. Anyone can sit on them. I think the idea of names on chairs on a set is terrible. It's so dumb. So we got rid of that.

The world of sports knows no religious, racial or political differences. Athletes, from whatever land they come, speak the same language. The lessons of competition are lessons for life.

Competition is for everyone.

I'd like to play in every game, like everybody else.

We're all friends, me and the refs.

I am just a player like everyone else.

Everything is always equal between every player; no one is ahead of anyone. Sometimes one player plays, then others play. It's normal at every club, not just Barca.

Male, female, it doesn't matter. All I see when I look across the ring is an opponent.

Like I always say, it's a five-on-five game.

Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero.

You never had the opportunity to play with some of the great ballplayers, but being that close around them, and being in the same category, was a great feeling, to feel that vibe of all the best players who played the game.

Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.

We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.

One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.

When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts.

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.