Ernie Harwell

"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."

"Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm."

"I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there."

"Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream."

"I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal."

"I have a great faith in God and Jesus."