I think once you start as an announcer, you have to decide what kind of approach you're going to have. I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team. I don't denigrate people who do it. It's fine. I think you just have to fit whatever kind of personality you have, and I think my nature was to be more down the middle and that's the way I conducted the broadcasts.

The good Lord has blessed me with a great journey.

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words.

I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies.

I think once you start as an announcer, you have to decide what kind of approach you're going to have. I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team. I don't denigrate people who do it. It's fine. I think you just have to fit whatever kind of personality you have, and I think my nature was to be more down the middle and that's the way I conducted the broadcasts.

I've been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great players.