Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Lesley Visser

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American journalist Lesley Visser.

Last updated on November 14, 2024.

Lesley Candace Visser is an American sportscaster, television and radio personality, and sportswriter. Visser is the first female NFL analyst on TV, and the only sportscaster in history who has worked on Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series, Triple Crown, Monday Night Football, the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Figure Skating Championships and the U.S. Open network broadcasts. Visser, who was voted the No. 1 Female Sportscaster of all-time in a poll taken by the American Sportscasters Association, was elected to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's Hall of Fame in 2015.

American - Journalist | Born: September 11, 1953

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I'm proud of my status as a pioneer in this business.

Lesley Visser

I went to the top of the Cotton Bowl by myself, sat down and cried.

Lesley Visser

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.

Lesley Visser

What kept me going through all the years? More than anything, the love of and respect for competition. That's what it comes down to for me. That's why I do this.

Lesley Visser

Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.

Lesley Visser

That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest.

Lesley Visser

For years, I stored my sweaters in the oven.

Lesley Visser

I don't know if everybody is ready to hear a woman tell them so-and-so is going to run off left tackle. But you know what? They're going to hear it.

Lesley Visser

Everything is working.

Lesley Visser

All the cameras shifted from the players to me.

Lesley Visser

When I started, the press credentials said 'No women or children in the press box,' ... There are a lot of things in the workplace that you can attempt to hide, and I could not hide the fact that I was a woman. I was always the only woman in the press box, and they didn't even have ladies rooms.

Lesley Visser

The three most important things for a sportscaster are knowledge of the game, a passion for sports and the profession, and the stamina to struggle.

Lesley Visser