Ernie Harwell Quotes

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.

The home run took a while to sink in because all I could think of was, 'We beat the Yankees! We beat the Yankees.'

I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year.

It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!

I watched the guy that hits a home run, and he comes across the plate and he points skyward, like thanking for the help from the Almighty to hit the home run. And as he does that, I say to myself, 'God screwed the pitcher.' And I don't know how else you look at it.

Let's just win it and go home.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

It's fun coming to the ballpark when you're winning.

The guy's (Shane Spencer) ridiculous. No one hits home runs like that. I'm telling you, man, it's ridiculous.

When I come into a game in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, no one out and a one-run lead ... it takes people off my mind.

Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs

Baseball is great because anything can happen through the ninth inning.

Even on home runs that I hit in the past, guys were like, 'Man, you need to slow down. You've got that one.

We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.

I'm just glad to get off three-hundred ninety-nine (career home runs). It sounds like something you'd purchase at a discount store.

This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.

It could be, it might be... It is, A home run!

Between me and my roommate, we've hit 400 Major League home runs.

No one can stop a home run. No one can understand what it really is, unless you have felt it in your own hands and body. As the ball makes its high, long arc beyond the playing field, the diamond and the stands suddenly belong to one man. In that brief, brief time, you are free of all demands and complications.

Roddy how many times have you won a World Championship?

Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go.

Baseball is a lot like the ivy-covered wall of Wrigley Field--it gives off a great appearance, but when you run into it, you discover the bricks underneath. At times, it seems that we're dealing with a group of men who aren't much different than others we've all run into over the years, except they wear neckties instead of robes and hoods.

I enjoy every bit of baseball I can get.

Yip cabbage on three!

I'm seeing the ball well. I'm not trying for home runs. I'm trying to hit to right field more. When I do that, the home run comes.