Ernie Harwell Quotes

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

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.

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.

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.

Baseball is just a game, 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.

Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words.

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.

If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don't think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It's a great survivor.

I look on life as a joyous adventure.

With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

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

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

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

I had a job to do, and I did it all these years to the best of my ability. That's what I'd like to leave behind as I finish my final game in Toronto.

Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it.

I think God always has the best for us.

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

In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens.

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

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

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.

I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team. I don't denigrate people who do it. It's fine.

Baseball is continuity. Pitch to pitch. Inning to inning. Season to season.

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

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

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

The good Lord has blessed me with a great journey.

Anything can happen. That's the beauty of creating.

Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy.

There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball.

Needless to say, I have more no-hitters than Nolan Ryan.

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

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

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.

It's been a terrific life.

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.

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.