The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes. — Larry Bird Copy Share Image
Get out the rye bread and mustard grandma, cause it's GRAND SALAMI TIME! — Dave Niehaus Copy Share Image
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. — Joe Buck Copy Share Image
“I read somewhere that all the digitized announcers on the tube have names.” — Keith Lowe Copy Share Image
There is no tradition more worth of envy, no institution worthy of such loyalty, as the University of Georgia. — Larry Munson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Fintan O'Toole Copy Share Image
I would say the referees have the toughest game to call. I would say that there's a lot of officiating done by… — David Stern Copy Share Image
I think if you checked the attendance records of all the announcers, you'd find a lot better record than you would of… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
I do think we can be a little less PC when it comes to sports, though. Just once I want to hear… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
I just always wanted to be a baseball announcer. I'm a huge Mets fan, and I wanted to be the next Bob… — Logan Marshall-Green Copy Share Image
Unlike the on-air talents in the NFL where they have producers figuratively joined at their hip, providing them with info and tidbits… — Jim Ross Copy Share Image
One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to… — Nick Clooney Copy Share Image
I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4-1/2 minutes. When they asked him what it was like being… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Even if, as is generally the case, everything that the ad says about the product is scrupulously honest, or at any rate… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
It makes me think about how you hear these young people say, "I see you, man." Or even if you go and… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I think once you start as an announcer, you have to decide what kind of approach you're going to have. I decided… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
I spent 15 years in I-AA football, which is awesome, because you wear every hat in the building at one time. I… — Jim McElwain Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Slouka Copy Share Image
Because of my tremendous respect for Bob Barker and for the show's high standards of professionalism I consider this a tremendous honor… — Randy West Copy Share Image
Most announcers play pattycake, pattycake with the players they're covering. — Johnny Miller Copy Share Image
If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentleman, he may pronounce as he pleases. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Jon Jones' skill set is unique. Jon Jones goes out there and does video game moves that the announcers can't even call… — Chael Sonnen Copy Share Image
“I listen to the announcers and read the papers. The media narratives are sensational and simplistic, and when compared to what I… — Nate Jackson Copy Share Image
Baseball is the best announcer game, the game that I first enjoyed playing, and the game I had a passion for. — Dick Enberg Copy Share Image
There is a certain subset of African American sports announcers, anchors and analysts who are always ready to spring into action and… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
I believe that the BBC, in spite of the stupidity of its foreign propaganda and the unbearable voices of its announcers, is… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
You have a white guy as an announcer and sportscaster. Me, I'm black. I do it and I've already done some stuff… — Terrell Owens Copy Share Image
I teased Randy Orton because he started using my finish, the Angle Slam. I said, 'Hey, I don't mind you using it,… — Kurt Angle Copy Share Image
When they [court announcers] say, 'This is the world No. 2,' it just doesn't sound right to me because either I'm No.… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
Broadcasters calling a big game are often reminded to let the action breathe. A great moment of a televised game doesn't need… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
I was the class clown, you know, that kind of thing, and I gathered around me a group of guys who also… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
In my fifth-grade yearbook - it's right up there on the top shell - the last page says, "What about your future?"… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I have observed that, generally speaking, network sports announcers did not tend to live to a ripe old age. On the other… — Lindsey Nelson Copy Share Image
Looking back at the announcers I've always respected, they usually started out with radio before TV. It's such a wonderful testing ground,… — Marv Albert Copy Share Image
![“When they [court announcers] say, 'This is the world No. 2,' it just doesn't sound right to me because either I'm No. 1 or I'm a grand slam champion. I'm not world No. 2. I just don't like the ring of it when I'm introduced on court because I've been up there for so, so long.” quote by Roger Federer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e5d/roger-federer-3105_announcers_when-they-court-announcers-say-this-is-t_2605543.jpg)
