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 Read Quote
There’s a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That’s baseball. Ernie Harwell Read Quote
Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way to Cooperstown. This is a game for America. Still a game for America, this baseball! Ernie Harwell Read Quote
I knew that everybody could be replaced. Nobody lasts forever. And if you work for somebody, he’s certainly got the privilege and the right to fire you. Ernie Harwell Read Quote
Everybody in the minor leagues – if you’re a player, an announcer, whatever – wants to be in the big leagues. Ernie Harwell Read Quote
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 in any other business because we love the game and have a passion for it. Ernie Harwell Read Quote
The best thing anyone can do is be himself. Everyone was made different by God, and that’s the way it should be. And if I were a writer or an announcer starting out, I don’t think I’d imitate anybody. I’d try to be whatever I am. Ernie Harwell Read Quote
What happens with any announcer when he comes into an area, if he stays four or five years and does a fairly decent job, people accept him and he becomes part of the family. Ernie Harwell Read Quote
