Top 89 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Sportscasters - Page 2

Speed slows down the game.

Not a lot of people can say they are in a job they love to do. I am very fortunate to be able to do that and I thank everyone around me every day for the fact that I am able to do it.

[Reagan] was the best president in this era, as he had the perfect temperament for the job.

The easiest story to sell is the story we want to buy.

He's a gutless puke, that's what Travis Green is. That's why he doesn't wear an Islander uniform any more.

And that one is gone. A home run for Mickey Mantle! How do you like that?

The career 500th home run for Michael Jack Schmidt!

This is my 51st year, but I'm not ready to quit. I definitely didn't think when I first started back in 1963 that I'd be doing this for 50 years, but how many guys can say they do it? When retirement comes, I'm not sure when it is, but I'll be ready for it.

The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country...You're forgotten by Thanksgiving.

Watch Darren Daulton use his mitt like a glove.

I was in the right place at the right time.

Ladies and gentlemen, the great number seven, Mickey Mantle.

The only thing I don't like is the uneasiness of dealing with the airlines. Everything, except getting from point A to point B, I still find immensely pleasurable.

I'm not always comfortable when a man tells me he's gay, I don't understand his world but I do understand that he's part of mine.

In 1961, when Maris broke Babe Ruth's record, he wasn't intentionally walked once. Mickey batted after Roger, and nobody was going to put a man on base with Mantle coming up to the plate.

I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit!

I think the biggest mistake anyone can make is trying to be the next someone, and try to mimic or copy someone who is already out there because you have to produce your own personality and your own sound, and go from there. That is something all great broadcasters have been able to do.

I get asked about the best games I've called, and as far as college football goes, the Florida-LSU environment was as good as I've ever been around. I had always heard about night games at Tiger Stadium and had never gotten the chance to call one. It was really special to be a part of that and then the game, my gosh, how can anybody ever forget that. The fourth quarter and LSU's final drive, that's something I'll always remember.

Screw the Rangers, and screw the Devils; I work for the Islanders now, and I could care less about them!

When you think you're seeing something, what you need to find out is, 'Is that true?

There is no one quite as popular in any form of football as the backup QB.

Kids have to be taught to hate.

If I were playing against Corey Perry, I’d probably want to hurt him in some painful and permanent way. And I think most of the rest of the league feels the same way.

One thing about ground balls: they don't go out of the ballpark.

There's nothing like confidence. Your bosses will appreciate it.

Yankee pitchers have had great success this year against Cabrera when they get him out.

When Steve Carlton and I die, we're gonna be burried 60'6" apart.

There is nothing more powerful than kindness.

The worst part about the job is the travel, which takes you away from family and friends and important dates and hockey games and tournaments that your kids are in and things like that.