Announcer Quotes

You're the reason the league doesn't have a national television deal. You're a (terrible) announcer and you were a (terrible) player. - Sean Avery

Yeah, I think I knew. I saw the sign and the announcers. - Aaron Boone

When we began to consider the type of play-by-play announcer that we wanted to lead our BCS coverage, we knew we needed someone that would look at this as something more than a job, and for that, we didn't have to look very far. Thom's passion and enthusiasm for college football, combined with his big-game voice, made him the perfect choice. I am positive that college football fans from coast-to-coast will enjoy listening to him next January. - Ed Goren

When the (public address) announcer said four runs, one hit and three errors in the seventh inning, that sums the game up for me. Our guys came back. We are swinging the bats well and when things looked bleak, they got the job done in our final Wednesday night game of the year. I am happy with the win. - Jim Wells

When I went to Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, what I really wanted to be was a radio announcer. - Mike Wallace

When I was 14, and listening to the radio, and I heard the announcer: 'Still champion of the whole world Rocky Marciano.' I knew I wanted to be champion. He was a big influence. - Muhammad Ali

We're always thrilled when we get ex-big leaguers to play for us. Now, we're getting a former major league announcer to work for us. - Dave Wright

We were surprised that bankers and accountants came up so high. I really expected lawyers, maybe television producers and radio announcers (to rank high). In my experiences, they're pretty bad. - Charles Gerba

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 much more than just an announcer. - Ozzie Smith