You have to be as fully prepared for the dull game as you are for the great game, or else you won't be prepared for the great one.

This is Red Barber speaking. Let me say hello to you all.

Writing is easy. Just sit down and open a vein.

On radio, you're an artist. On TV, you're a servant.

Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.

People see what they want to see.

It's like apples and oranges, you can't compare it. It was just a matter of playing anyone who was breathing.