Inspirational Quotes by Bill Veeck (American Sportsperson)

That’s the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on the ball.
—Bill Veeck
Topics: Baseball

I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats
—Bill Veeck
Topics: Baseball

How can you be a sage if you’re pretty? You can’t get your wizard papers without wrinkles.
—Bill Veeck
Topics: Wisdom

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.
—Bill Veeck
Topics: Victory

This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There’s time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.
—Bill Veeck
Topics: Baseball

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.
—Bill Veeck
Topics: Baseball

Sometimes the best deals are the ones you don’t make.
—Bill Veeck
Topics: Silver Linings, Blessings

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.
—Bill Veeck
Topics: Baseball

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