To be honest, I've never been interested in how many games I've done and seen. It doesn't mean anything to anybody. All I know is I'm eternally grateful for having been allowed to work so many games.
Interpretation
The quote expresses gratitude for experiences rather than focusing on quantifying achievements.
Vin Scully emphasizes the importance of appreciation over mere statistics in life. He reflects on his extensive career in broadcasting, highlighting that the number of games he has covered is less significant than the joy and gratitude he feels for the opportunities he was given to share those moments with others.
In practice
This quote could be used during a speech at a sports event to highlight the importance of passion over titles.
The game is just one long conversation, and I'm anticipating that, and I will say things like 'Did you know that?' or 'You're probably wondering why.' I'm really just conversing rather than just doing play-by-play. I never thought of myself as having a style. I don't use key words. And the best thing I do? I shut up.
That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.
Don't let the winds blow your dreams away... or steal your faith in God.
As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened…
Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
I wrote 'Milk' for me. I wrote it for the younger version of me that had no clue that there are people who'd ever fought for my rights.
To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.
To be credible we must be truthful.
Self-talk, for me, has been the biggest thing in my life. A lot of us have a dialogue that is crap. It's a crappy dialogue. We live in a world right now that is very external. Everything is very on the surface. Superficial. Everything. And what we're telling ourselves is what we see on TV.
Both what you run from-_x000D_ and what you yearn for -_x000D_ are within you.
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
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