I really latched on to announcers who were good…

Broadcasters calling a big game are often reminded to let the action breathe. A great moment of a televised game doesn't need any narration,…

— Steve Rushin

“Good storytellers are always ready for the next question.”

— Shannon Wiersbitzky

“All good storytellers are of necessity good writers - even if they may be poorly edited ones. Unfortunately, not all good writers are good…

— Nupur Tustin

Although arguably, it's my job to dig deep whether I'm improvising or not. It's just their style. That's the way they feel like they…

— Amanda Peet

Most announcers over talk. I'm in the opinion space so I talk all day, but play-by-play guys generally over talk.

— Colin Cowherd

Even if, as is generally the case, everything that the ad says about the product is scrupulously honest, or at any rate scrupulously avoids…

— Michael Schudson

The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.

— Larry Bird

Most of the time when something goes bad—a marriage, a war, a run of good luck—you don’t know it. It’s like in the cartoons,…

— Mark Slouka

Announcers don't do enough of the cat-and-mouse strategy and all the work that goes into it. You watch a broadcast and guys get the…

— Al Leiter

People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press…

— Michael Lewis

I think if you checked the attendance records of all the announcers, you'd find a lot better record than you would of anybody else…

— Ernie Harwell

I would say the referees have the toughest game to call. I would say that there's a lot of officiating done by announcers, local…

— David Stern

He has the vocal modulation of a railway-station announcer, the expressive power of a fence-post and the charisma of a week-old head of lettuce.

— Fintan O'Toole

Because of my tremendous respect for Bob Barker and for the show's high standards of professionalism I consider this a tremendous honor that few…

— Randy West

“I read somewhere that all the digitized announcers on the tube have names.”

— Keith Lowe