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My dad did call a lot of football, and in my opinion, he was the best football announcer on radio ever.
We've made a final offer. We hope Ziggy Palffy will come to his senses. We have NO hope his agent will.
To give up is easy. But to hold it together when everyone else thinks you'd fall apart is true strength.
She divorced me August 10 of 2000, but she never was able to completely get rid of me. Don't ask me why.
If I had a walk-up song in 2019, it would be 'Baby Shark.' It's haunting. It's mesmerizing. It's catchy.
Screw the Rangers, and screw the Devils; I work for the Islanders now, and I could care less about them!
By far Gretzky is the most talented player ever. Every time he gets the puck something exciting happens.
I know a doctor who can give you a shot and you'll get over that cold you've got and get better in a day.
(He was) a fragile hero to whom we had an emotional attachment so strong and lasting that it defied logic.
I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies.
You always want to do games for fans that seem to really care. That is the Boston fan. They're passionate.
He's a gutless puke, that's what Travis Green is. That's why he doesn't wear an Islander uniform any more.
I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons.
He was our symbol of baseball at a time when the game meant something to us that perhaps it no longer does.
I always try to shine the spotlight on what's happening on the field and not what's coming out of my mouth.
When I started, (players) were making $4,000. Now, they don't get out of bed and they already make $10,000.
I'm blessed to have great friends, and there are a lot of men in my life who've been more than just friends.
Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs.
Baseball is the best announcer game, the game that I first enjoyed playing, and the game I had a passion for.
Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.
If that had been my only purpose in life - to call home runs and touchdowns - I'd lead a pretty shallow life.
It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.
That was just kind of a surprise when the doctor said, 'We did a biopsy on your appendix, and you have cancer.'
When Clemson players rub that rock and run down the hill, it's the most exciting 25 seconds in college football.
People think I can just walk out and shoot 75 without taking a warm-up shot. But believe me, it's not that easy.
That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.
My dad used to call me 'the human pretzel' because I was able to bend my body, and because my legs are very long.
Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.
There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball.
It's impossible to work under conditions where they confused negativity with objectivity. You can't fool the fans.
Chemistry's a word that people who make hires and decisions say, 'Hey, you guys go out and work on your chemistry!'
It is kind of lovely to be sitting alone, just thinking, very quiet, no one around. I don't feel alone or left out.
Naturally there will come a time, when I will have to say goodbye, but I've soul-searched and this is not the time.
I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
When Jack Nicklaus won the Masters in 1986, it was mind-blowing. How in the world could a 46-year-old win the Masters?
His four year contract renewal: As always, I remain hopeful that Don Cherry won't be offered the same length contract.
I'm more likely to quote the golfer George Burns than the legendary late comedian by the same name who lived to be 100.
Since 1934 every accomplished player in golf has come to the Augusta National looking for an introduction into history.
If you're the play-by-play announcer, I think it's your job to be better than just saying what's on people's TV screen.
I'm blind in my left eye. Contrary to what people say, it is not a glass eye, so I have to protect my eyes at all cost.
How can we grow the game? It's a conversation in every sport, how do you tap into the millennials? Golf is no different.
I see so many people in our industry, in my own network, who throw little tantrums about things that they can't control.
I was a Knicks fan of the Kenny Sears-Carl Braun-Jim Baechtold vintage. I was even their ball boy when I was a teenager.
Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and drives. Very simple.
Five years ago, I wasn't getting questions [about blogs and the internet] from the TV/radio critic of the New York Times.
Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.
If you deal in hair loss, you constantly check the hairline of anyone who walks up to you. It's the first thing I look at.
Portland can put the champagne away and get out the bottled water, 'cause that's all they're gonna drink on their way home!
So live. Live. Fight like hell. And when you get too tired to fight, lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you.
Anytime you go digging around on the internet and into your world, maybe you don't want to find out where your name pops up.