Curt Gowdy Quotes

#1. Curt Gowdy was a pioneer in our business and set the highest standards for everyone. His many contributions to ABC as host of 'American Sportsman' and other ABC Sports programs are indelible .

George Bodenheimer

#2. I never took myself too seriously.

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#3. Folks, this is perfect weather for today's game. Not a breath of air.

Curt Gowdy

#4. It wasn't like it is now. But for the types of teams we had, the fans were very good here. On some Thursday afternoon games, we'd get 25,000 fans. That was remarkable. This has always been a great Red Sox city.

Curt Gowdy

#5. Genesee beer. The great outdoors in a glass.

Curt Gowdy

#6. I was never a 'homer', a broadcaster who cheers the home team. Some fans don't like that. But my job wasn't to cheer. My job was to broadcast the game.

Curt Gowdy

#7. Whether I caught fish or not, just the thrill of rolling out that line and watching my fly turn over has been good enough for me. That and the hundreds of treasured memories I have of this wonderful sport.

Curt Gowdy

#8. Brooks Robinson is not a fast man, but his arms and legs move very quickly.

Curt Gowdy

#9. Their future is ahead of them.

Curt Gowdy

#10. I tried to pretend that I was sitting in the stands with a buddy watching the game - poking him in the ribs when something exciting happened.

Curt Gowdy

#11. I thought it was terrible. I don't know who to believe. Williams was very loyal and honest. Nobody could ever say different. Sometimes, that got him into a lot of trouble. But after he died and they cut his head off, that made me sick.

Curt Gowdy

#12. It is not enough to simply "do your best". You must strive for perfection.

Subir Chowdhury

#13. I go to New York to see live shows, not movies.

Gad Elmaleh

#14. But seriously, Katie. I feel like this is fate. You and me, this weekend - all of it. I feel like it's meant to be. I didn't know for sure in my head that it would happen. But I think in my heart, I always did. You're it for me. It's always just been you.

Melanie Shawn

#15. Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment.

L. Ron Hubbard

#16. I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter.

Aaron Eckhart

#17. An announcer is only as good as yesterday's performance.

Curt Gowdy

#18. Use Time. Make it easy. Get your money to work for you. The key is to get in the market, as it is not about timing the market, but time in the market that matters.

Ann Wilson