--- title: "1 Baseball Isn Quotes By Bill Veeck" description: "1 Baseball Isn quotes by Bill Veeck. Plus more from Bill Veeck and more Baseball Isn sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/bill-veeck-14961_baseball_when-the-supreme-court-says-baseball-isn_1630492.png" --- > [When the Supreme Court says baseball isn't run like a business, everybody jumps up and down with joy. When I say the same thing, everybody throws pointy objects at me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/when-the-supreme-court-says-baseball-isn-t-run-like-a-business/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/bill-veeck-14961_baseball_when-the-supreme-court-says-baseball-isn_1630492.png) ## More by Bill Veeck > [Suffering is overated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/suffering-is-overated/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [I believe in God, but I'm not too clear on the other details.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/i-believe-in-god-but-i-m-not-too-clear-on-the-other-details/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [Im for the dreamers. The only really important things in history have been started by the dreamers. They never know what cant be done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/im-for-the-dreamers-the-only-really-important-things-in-history-have/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [After a month or so in St. Louis, we were looking around desperately for a way to draw a few people into the ball…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/after-a-month-or-so-in-st-louis-we-were-looking-around-desperately/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/the-most-beautiful-thing-in-the-world-is-a-ballpark-filled-with-people/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [I was in the game for love. After all, where else can an old-timer with one leg, who can't hear or see, live like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/i-was-in-the-game-for-love-after-all-where-else-can-an-old-timer-with/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [If you can't outsmart people, outwork them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/if-you-can-t-outsmart-people-outwork-them/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [To give one can of beer to a thousand people is not nearly as much fun as to give 1,000 cans of beer to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/to-give-one-can-of-beer-to-a-thousand-people-is-not-nearly-as-much/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/i-try-not-to-break-the-rules-but-merely-to-test-their-elasticity/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [Though it is a team game by definition, it is actually a series of loosely connected individual efforts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/though-it-is-a-team-game-by-definition-it-is-actually-a-series-of/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [Suffering is overrated. It doesn't teach you anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/suffering-is-overrated-it-doesn-t-teach-you-anything/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/baseball-is-the-only-game-left-for-people-to-play-basketball-you-have/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [“It isn’t the high price of stars that is expensive; it’s the high price of mediocrity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/it-isn-t-the-high-price-of-stars-that-is-expensive-it-s-the-high/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [When there is no room for individualism in ballparks, then there will be no room for individualism in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/when-there-is-no-room-for-individualism-in-ballparks-then-there-will/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) > [Next to the confrontation between two highly honed batteries of lawyers, jungle warfare is a stately minuet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/next-to-the-confrontation-between-two-highly-honed-batteries-of/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball-isn/bill-veeck/#itemlist", "name": "1 Baseball Isn Quotes By Bill Veeck", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the Supreme Court says baseball isn't run like a business, everybody jumps up and down with joy. 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