Three strikes, you're out. I don't care if you hire Edward Bennett Williams to defend you; three strikes, you're still out. Baseball is an island of stability in an unstable world. — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
Im for the dreamers. The only really important things in history have been started by the dreamers. They never know what cant be done. — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
After a month or so in St. Louis, we were looking around desperately for a way to draw a few people into the ball… — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people. — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
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… — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
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 one guy. You give a thousand people a can of beer and each of them will drink it, smack his lips and go back to watching the game. You give 1,000 cans to one guy, and… — Bill Veeck Copy Share
Though it is a team game by definition, it is actually a series of loosely connected individual efforts. — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have… — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
