Ernie Harwell Quotes

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

I think God always has the best for us.

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

I look on life as a joyous adventure.

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

I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there.

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.

Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm.

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.

Also I'm a part of the people that I've worked with in baseball that have been so great to me, Mr. Earl Mann of Atlanta, who gave me my first baseball broadcasting job.

Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it.

I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I've never been able to repay. The way they have reached out to me has certainly been the highlight of my life.

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.

But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially you people in Michigan, you Tiger fans, you've given me so much warmth, so much affection and so much love.

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!

Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.

A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.

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

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

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.

God blessed me by putting me here for thirty-one years at Michigan and Trumbull.

Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.

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.

It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.