I have always said that the best training to be a TV newsman or anybody on television is to do a children's show because you are oblivious to the fact that there is a camera there. — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
I still start to get panicky each morning before I go on television. I'll say, 'I'm in awful shape, something is wrong,' and if I start to look like I'm going off the deep end, Jimmy Straka, the stage manager,… — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
August depresses me a little. I don't even feel like eating. And when I don't eat, that's a sure sign of stagnation. — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
I've produced more pilots than United Airlines, and they've all been disasters. Every audition I ever took in my life I lost. — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
The TV weatherman has always been one of the best, most secure jobs. They change anchors, they change the set, producers come and go.… — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
When I was just starting out in the business, I used to love to watch Lorne Greene doing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I… — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
If I go down in for anything in history, I would like to be known as the person who convinced the American people that… — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
These days, you have to have a gimmick to do the weather. You have to have an act. — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
Tom Browkaw said it best. He said NBC could survive without him or the rest of the news division, but not Nancy Fields. — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
I got more mail than anybody on the history of The Today Show, but half of it was to get me off the air. — Willard Scott Copy Share Image
