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…

— Ernie Harwell

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

— 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.

— Ernie Harwell

Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic,…

— 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…

— Ernie Harwell

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the…

— Ernie Harwell

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

— Ernie Harwell

In my almost 92 years on this earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey.

— Ernie Harwell

Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport,…

— 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…

— Ernie Harwell

In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens.

— 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…

— 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…

— Ernie Harwell

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

— Ernie Harwell

I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family…

— Ernie Harwell

Everybody we meet has an influence on us and an impact - good or bad. And I think that's why we have…

— Ernie Harwell

What happens with any announcer when he comes into an area, if he stays four or five years and does a fairly…

— Ernie Harwell

With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

— Ernie Harwell

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.

— 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

Wheaties was the big sponsor in those days (1940s). They sponsored almost all the baseball games in the majors and the minors.…

— Ernie Harwell

It isn't me that people love. It's baseball.

— Ernie Harwell

In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule…

— Ernie Harwell

There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball.

— Ernie Harwell

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

— Ernie Harwell