Announcer Quotes

23 quotes by 18 authors

If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentleman, he may pronounce as he pleases. — George Bernard Shaw
The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes. — Larry Bird
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
Al Michaels is a good announcer. I think Keith Jackson is a terrific announcer. I always loved him on Monday Night Football. I never understood… — John Turturro
I didn't get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and how we handle… — Christopher Meloni
In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a… — Joseph Barbera
I wanted to be a radio announcer. — Dick Van Dyke
I have to leave the games now if the announcer says something I don't agree with. I'm thinking, 'Peyton, it is not healthy to be… — Peyton Manning
I don't want to brag, but I do more homework on the course than any other announcer. I chart the greens to get all the… — Johnny Miller
An announcer is only as good as yesterday's performance. — Curt Gowdy
In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens. — Ernie Harwell
I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer… — Dick Van Dyke
Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues. — Ernie Harwell
Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way to Cooperstown. This… — Ernie Harwell
George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk. — Steven Wright
Franny has the measles, for one thing. Incidentally, did you hear her last week? She went on at beautiful length about how she used to… — J D Salinger
What happens with any announcer when he comes into an area, if he stays four or five years and does a fairly decent job, people… — Ernie Harwell
I did the 1972 Sapporo Games, and I was also the Reds announcer and was folded into the NBC coverage for the 1972 World Series.… — Al Michaels
As I slowly managed to take what I had learned into a transition from contestant to announcer and warm-up, I first had to prove myself… — Randy West
We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was… — Ozzie Smith

Who Wrote These Announcer Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 23 Announcer Quotes as follows: