Ernie Harwell Quotes

• It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.

  Ernie Harwell

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

  Ernie Harwell

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• But most of all, I’m a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially you people in Michigan, you Tiger fans, you’ve given me so much warmth, so much affection and so much love.

  Ernie Harwell

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• Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.

  Ernie Harwell

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

  Ernie Harwell

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  Tags in Baseball, Game

• 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 Atlanta, who gave me my first baseball broadcasting job.

  Ernie Harwell

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  Tags in Baseball, Broadcasting

• Baseball is a lot like life. It’s a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.

  Ernie Harwell

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  Tags in Baseball, Opportunities

• If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don’t think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It’s a great survivor.

  Ernie Harwell

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  Tags in Baseball, Game

• God blessed me by putting me here for thirty-one years at Michigan and Trumbull.

  Ernie Harwell

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  Tags in Blessed

• I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I’m nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.

  Ernie Harwell

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• I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I’ve never been able to repay. The way they have reached out to me has certainly been the highlight of my life.

  Ernie Harwell

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Loyalty

• I’ve been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great players.

  Ernie Harwell

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  Tags in Lucky, Players

• I’d like to be remembered as someone who showed up for the job. I consider myself a worker.

  Ernie Harwell

  Topics in Job

  Tags in Myself

• 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 in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied.

  Ernie Harwell

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

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  Tags in Career, Brilliant

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

  Ernie Harwell

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  Tags in Giants, Broadcast

Ernie Harwell (36)

Birth:	25th January, 1918
Death:	4th May, 2010
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Sportscaster

About

William Earnest "Ernie" Harwell was born in Washington, Georgia, USA. He was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, he called the action on radio and/or television. In January 2009, the American Sportscasters Association ranked Harwell 16th on its list of Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time. At sixteen he began working as a regional correspondent for The Sporting News. He graduated from Emory University in Atlanta.

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