I always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as a commentator.
I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator.
It does irritate me when I am described as a controversialist and commentator on Israel.
When I was 25, if you'd have said I was going to be a commentator, that would seem like, 'Oh, my God. That's a huge step down.'
[ Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac] was the greatest commentator [of the Bible] we ever had.
Just being a commentator is not as easy as people think with going out there and talking for three hours. So, I don't call myself a commentator: I call myself an analyst.
Unconsciously I had discovered the commentator's secret weapon-that so long as you can wield words, it isn't necessary to know what you're talking about.
My favorite commentator, NBA-wise, is probably Doris Burke.
Cricket's in the blood - my dad loves it and my brother Simon played for Middlesex before becoming a radio and TV cricket commentator.
I'd like to get back into journalism. I'm hoping someone will offer me a job as a commentator or one of those political analysts that you see on the news shows all the time.
I'm the greatest game-spitter of all time. I talk about the swell, the block, the 'hood. I'm a street commentator. I narrate how people live. That's E-40.
I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
I'm not a political comic at all, so it would be weird if I just turned into a preachy, sort-of political commentator.
I consider myself a pretty wrestling commentator, but only in the sense that I call it like I see it. It's serious business to me, and it's an athletic sport of wrestling, and I treat it as such without putting a big gimmick on it.
I did a bit of boxing when younger. Once I was joined by Muhammad Ali as my co-commentator. I've got a picture of the two of us together ringside at the Albert Hall on my wall at home.
With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.
Kant's position is extremely subtle - so subtle, indeed, that no commentator seems to agree with any other as to what it is.
I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst. I feel no compulsion to be a pundit.
I was brought into the life of one Bas Rutten in 2001 at a grappling tournament that I was attending to support a friend of mine. I had never met Bas before but, of course, knew who he was: the King of Pancrase, UFC Heavyweight champion, and the commentator with Pride.
I didn't try and say anything terribly meaningful. I'm definitely not a social commentator at all.
How could I not be the underdog, starting at 35 and a half and going from a manager and a fourth-string color commentator to being a wrestler?
It's a great day for Sarah Palin. She was hired as a commentator for Fox News. She signed a multi-year contract, which means she'll probably quit after a year.
I guess taking a stand is valid for a commentator. But that's not what I am.
The honour is overpaid,When he that did the act is commentator.
The honor is overpaid, When he that did the act is commentator.
A good commentator is someone who obviously people like listening to, who gets the blend between description, entertainment and accuracy of conveying the event right. If you can do that in an interesting way, you are a good commentator.
Growing up, I wanted to be a sports commentator. Then my aunt introduced me to the fashion industry, and everything sort of fell into place.
Larry Merchant's just a commentator. He don't know nothing about boxing.
I'm an entertainer, not a commentator. If you're a comedian your job is to make people laugh.
I want people to think of me as a 'Mindset' guy, a journalist, a commentator, a social media personality, a filmmaker, an author, but I got to - I have to pivot so far away from anything pro-Trump, I just got to keep going that way.
Does Michael Cole deserve to take Jim Ross' place as a commentator?
In all my years as a news commentator I was never once, able to tell the truth, about anything.
I don't fancy myself a political commentator. I hate politics. I hate it.
I come to the table from a conservative or libertarian point of view, and I admit that. I'm a commentator. I'm not a journalist or anything else.
I like Ben Stein. I think he's funny, creative, and an insightful commentator on a host of issues.
The competition to get above the rest and be the lead commentator, or whatever you want to call it, is much fiercer than it was when I was starting out. By the same token, there were not as many jobs going back then, so to get one was an achievement in itself.
I started off in FCW working for Dusty Rhodes and being the color commentator down there in 2008 to 2009, and I've always loved it ever since.
My ambition really was, even as a child, to be a writer, a commentator, and a teacher, but a teacher of Talmud.
I've always thought that Lewis Carroll himself had a certain comedy tinge to him. He was a guy who was a satirist. He really was a social commentator in many ways and was trying to satirize Victorian society.
I don't want to be a commentator of my own work. If you've written the story, you've said what you want to say.
No day passes without a Democratic politician, a left-wing commentator, or, if I may be excused a redundancy, a left-wing academic labeling Republicans and conservatives racist.
I'm a postmodern commentator, and so, in a cheeky parallel to James Joyce or James Kelman, I get to places, verbally, that are a little unusual - when I talk about Jocky Wilson and end up sounding like a Jackson Pollock of the commentary box.
Andy Gray is a great pundit and a great co-commentator. I couldn't co-commentate for love nor money. I've tried but I just can't do it, so as an all-rounder I'd say Andy's much better than I am.
I'm a novelist, not a social scientist or a commentator.
for better or worse, it is the commentator who has the last word.
I'm not a journalist. I'm a pundit. I'm a commentator, I'm somebody with an opinion.
It is a huge honour to be recognised as the world's best commentator, particularly against so many sporting greats.
I always think the toughest commentary is on a bad goalless draw. If I were assessing a young commentator, I would rate him on a game where nothing is happening.
When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money.
Having failed as an NFL commentator, Limbaugh understands the power of football.
On Twitter, Donald Trump has called me a "poor journalist, stupid, a very dumb guy, the dumbest political commentator on television, and the dumbest man on TV."
I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst.
When I got hurt - I broke my back in a match in London, England - I had to retire and became just a commentator.
Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.
I work for Fox News as a commentator. I say whatever I want. I'm the blonde on the left, figuratively and literally - the one who's usually smiling because it's T.V., not the Supreme Court or Congress, and I find civility more effective in any event.
To be a commentator, you must have a life outside cricket, too. If cricket is all that you know, then you would not be a great commentator.
I lost my job as a cricket commentator for saying "I don't want to bore you with the details".
CNN says Donna Brazile, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, will no longer be a political commentator for the network. This comes after WikiLeaks posted more emails hacked from a top Hillary Clinton aide.
You never know how you're going to go down as an English commentator in Australia.
My friend Leonid Shvets is a long-time journalist, commentator, and editor. He was born in Belarus and came to Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, to go to school, then moved to Kiev for work.
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