Bill Veeck Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

12 Famous Quotes by Bill Veeck
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“Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.”
Sports Quotes
“I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.”
Victory Quotes
“There are only two seasons -- winter and Baseball.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Not really -- they lean towards cash.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The White Sox had long ago tested the loyalty of their rooters; the weak and faint of heart had fallen by the wayside and only the strong, the dedicated and the masochistic remained. If there is any justice in this world, to be a White Sox fan freed a man from any other form of penance.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“When you're out there in the big league pressure cooker, a pitcher's attitude -- his utter confidence that he has an advantage of will and luck and guts over the hitter -- is almost as important as his stuff.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
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