Words matter. These are the best Vernon Law Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
We just had a bunch of guys who liked each other, and we worked well together and sacrificed to win ball games. It was a real team effort.
That’s what I think most players want to be remembered as, being a good competitor. Not being a guy who makes excuses. There are a lot of guys who make an excuse before the game why they’re not going to win. And those guys are losers.
They couldn’t sign me until after I graduated, but right after graduation day, I had nine different organizations there wanting to sign me.
Today, you hit .230, and you get a million and a half and think you’re underpaid.
I played against a lot of guys, a lot of good players, and I remember those guys. They’re friends now. They weren’t then. You wanted to beat them.
I wouldn’t trade my life with anybody else. I played during the golden day of baseball, back when it was a game and when it was fun.
I knew I needed to keep my nose clean and set the right example.
I got the nickname ‘Deacon’ because I didn’t swear, didn’t drink, went to church, and did quite a bit of speaking in other churches, youth groups, and so forth.
I wanted to be successful enough that I’d have opportunities to talk about the church. I wanted people to listen whenever I talked about it.
You sign a contract, and you abide by the contract. And sometimes my turn would come around on Sunday. Even though I didn’t like to play baseball on Sunday, it was my job.
At 87, I have to keep moving because, if I sit down, you never know what might happen.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
I never chased around with the opposition or got too well acquainted with them, because when the time in the ballgame came up where I had to pitch inside, I didn’t want to hesitate.
We had a lot of different personalities. Hoak was the straw boss. He just would not quit.
Our whole family had been sports oriented. My dad had played a lot of semipro but never had any opportunity to do anything with it. Back then, he had to make a living.
Nice people around Pittsburgh.
I had to go out and give my team a chance. I didn’t want to be remembered as the guy blowing the World Series.
I liked Jackie as an individual. I felt bad about how he was treated. He’s a better man than me by far.
