Quotes By Ernie Harwell

The game's the thing. That's why people tune in. They don't tune in to hear an announcer.

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

That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied.

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with his teenage pals. That's baseball. So is the husky voice of a doomed Lou Gehrig saying, 'I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.'

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.

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