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> [I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team. I don't denigrate people who do it. It's fine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/i-decided-very-early-that-i-was-going-to-be-a-reporter-that-i-would/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

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> [I think once you start as an announcer, you have to decide what kind of approach you're going to have. I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/i-think-once-you-start-as-an-announcer-you-have-to-decide-what-kind/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

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## More by Ernie Harwell

> [I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team. I don't denigrate people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/i-decided-very-early-that-i-was-going-to-be-a-reporter-that-i-would/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/a-tall-thin-old-man-waving-a-scorecard-from-the-corner-of-his-dugout/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/i-have-great-faith-that-heaven-s-there-and-i-ll-see-my-brothers-and/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/baseball-is-a-spirited-race-of-man-against-man-reflex-against-reflex/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/also-i-m-a-part-of-the-people-that-i-ve-worked-with-in-baseball-that/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/why-the-fairy-tale-of-willie-mays-making-a-brilliant-world-series/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/when-i-went-to-brooklyn-in-1948-jackie-robinson-was-at-the-height-of/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [In my almost 92 years on this earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/in-my-almost-92-years-on-this-earth-the-good-lord-has-blessed-me-with/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/baseball-just-a-came-as-simple-as-a-ball-and-bat-yet-as-complex-as/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [I think if you checked the attendance records of all the announcers, you'd find a lot better record than you would of anybody else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/i-think-if-you-checked-the-attendance-records-of-all-the-announcers/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/in-radio-they-say-nothing-happens-until-the-announcer-says-it-happens/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [So much happened (in 1968) it was hard to keep up with everything. We had Denny McLain's thirty-one victories, Gates Brown's great pinch-hitting in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/so-much-happened-in-1968-it-was-hard-to-keep-up-with-everything-we/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/that-other-saying-i-m-a-part-of-all-that-i-have-met-i-think-that/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/sparky-s-the-only-guy-i-know-who-s-written-more-books-than-he-s-read/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

> [I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-harwell/i-deeply-appreciate-the-people-of-michigan-i-love-their-grit-i-love/)

[Ernie Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-harwell/)

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