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.
Ernie Harwell

Time, Sad, Rather

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.
Ernie Harwell

Great, Today, Nothing

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.
Ernie Harwell

Life, Baseball, Full

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

God, Blessed, Here

Baseball just a came 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.
Ernie Harwell

Religion, Business, Simple

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

Great, Lucky, Players

In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule book. And color, merely something to distinguish one team's uniform from another's.
Ernie Harwell

Book, Baseball, Democracy

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

Job, Someone, Consider

But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially you people in Michigan, you Tiger fans, you've given me so much warmth, so much affection and so much love.
Ernie Harwell

Love, Fans, Affection

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

Baseball, Old, Corner

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

Experience, Baseball, Dream

Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way to Cooperstown. This is a game for America. Still a game for America, this baseball!
Ernie Harwell

Game, Baseball, Him

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.
Ernie Harwell

Life, Love, Family

I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I've never been able to repay. The way they have reached out to me has certainly been the highlight of my life.
Ernie Harwell

Life, Loyalty, Able

Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it.
Ernie Harwell

Whatever, Face, Happens

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.
Ernie Harwell

Great, Job, Baseball

Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.
Ernie Harwell

Game, Baseball, Against

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.
Ernie Harwell

Dad, Baseball, Playing

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.
Ernie Harwell

Faith, Great, God

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

Faith, Great, Mom

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

Faith, Big, Deal

I look on life as a joyous adventure.
Ernie Harwell

Life, Adventure, Joyous

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

Love, Time, Nothing

I think God always has the best for us.
Ernie Harwell

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

Movies, Found, Either

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Celebrity

Born: January 25, 1918

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