Red Barber Quotes

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

Baseball is dull only to dull minds.

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

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.

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

When I'm talking to a large audience, I imagine that I'm talking to a single person.

People see what they want to see.

When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons.

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

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