Inspirational Quotes by Bill Veeck (American Sportsperson)

Inspirational Quotations by Bill Veeck (American Sportsperson)

William Louis “Bill” Veeck, Jr., also known as “Sport Shirt Bill”, (1914–86) was a native of Chicago, Illinois, and a franchise owner and promoter in Major League Baseball. Veeck was at various times the owner of the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox. As owner and team president of the Indians in 1947, Veeck signed Larry Doby, thus beginning the integration of the American League. Veeck was the last owner to purchase a baseball franchise without an independent fortune, and is responsible for many innovations and contributions to baseball.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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