Bill Veeck Quotes

"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 in Baseball quotes.

"'I'm for the dreamers. The only really important things in history have been started by the dreamers. They never know what can't be done.'"
-Bill Veeck in Sports quotes.

"There are only two seasons -- winter and Baseball."
-Bill Veeck

"I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing."
-Bill Veeck

"When you're out there in the big league pressure cooker, a pitcher's attitude -- his utter confidence that he has an advantage of will and luck and guts over the hitter -- is almost as important as his stuff."
-Bill Veeck

"The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball."
-Bill Veeck

"I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous."
-Bill Veeck