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Bill Veeck quotes: The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball.

The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball.

Bill Veeck quotes: An island of surety in a changing world.

An island of surety in a changing world.

Bill Veeck 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.

I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous.

Bill Veeck quotes: I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity.

I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity.

Bill Veeck quotes: Though it is a team game by definition, it is actually a series of loosely connected individual efforts.

Though it is a team game by definition, it is actually a series of loosely connected individual efforts.

Bill Veeck quotes: I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.

I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.

Bill Veeck quotes: Every baseball crowd, like every theatre audience, has its own distinctive attitude and atmosphere.

Every baseball crowd, like every theatre audience, has its own distinctive attitude and atmosphere.

Bill Veeck quotes: Next to the confrontation between two highly honed batteries of lawyers, jungle warfare is a stately minuet.

Next to the confrontation between two highly honed batteries of lawyers, jungle warfare is a stately minuet.

Bill Veeck quotes: If U.S. Grant had been leading a team of baseball players, they'd have second guessed him all the way to the doorknob of the Appomattox Courthouse.

If U.S. Grant had been leading a team of baseball players, they'd have second guessed him all the way to the doorknob of the Appomattox Courthouse.

Bill Veeck quotes: If you can't outsmart people, outwork them.

If you can't outsmart people, outwork them.

Bill Veeck quotes: There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball.

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball.

Bill Veeck quotes: The season starts too early and finishes too late and there are too many games in between.

The season starts too early and finishes too late and there are too many games in between.

Bill Veeck quotes: I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.

Bill Veeck quotes: This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.

This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.

Bill Veeck quotes: Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn't changed

Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn't changed

Bill Veeck quotes: If there is any justice in this world, to be a White Sox fan frees a man from any other form of penance.

If there is any justice in this world, to be a White Sox fan frees a man from any other form of penance.

Bill Veeck quotes: Suffering is overated.

Suffering is overated.

Bill Veeck quotes: Suffering is overrated. It doesn't teach you anything.

Suffering is overrated. It doesn't teach you anything.

Bill Veeck quotes: 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.

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 quotes: How can you be a sage if you're pretty? You can't get your wizard papers without wrinkles.

How can you be a sage if you're pretty? You can't get your wizard papers without wrinkles.

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

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.

Bill Veeck 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.

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 quotes: When there is no room for individualism in ballparks, then there will be no room for individualism in life.

When there is no room for individualism in ballparks, then there will be no room for individualism in life.

Bill Veeck quotes: Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?

Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?

Bill Veeck quotes: Baseball is a boy's game that makes grown men cry.

Baseball is a boy's game that makes grown men cry.

Bill Veeck quotes: It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball's wounds are self-inflicted.

It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball's wounds are self-inflicted.

Bill Veeck quotes: I believe in God, but I'm not too clear on the other details.

I believe in God, but I'm not too clear on the other details.

Bill Veeck quotes: Hating the Yankees isn't part of my act. It is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction.

Hating the Yankees isn't part of my act. It is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction.

Bill Veeck quotes: Tradition is the albatross around the neck of progress.

Tradition is the albatross around the neck of progress.

Bill Veeck quotes: I don't want the natural athlete I want a guy who'll go after the hard ones.

I don't want the natural athlete
I want a guy who'll go after the hard ones.

Bill Veeck quotes: I'm for the dreamers. The only really important things in history have been started by the dreamers. They never know what can't be done.

I'm for the dreamers. The only really important things in history have been started by the dreamers. They never know what can't be done.