Bob Costas Quotes (11 Quotes)

Hal was the go-to guy when it came to the rules of baseball.

People will speculate about what they want, but that is not my intention,

The amazing thing about Hal and those guys is how much of the game's history they witnessed.

Figure skating is always a huge deal. Winter Olympics frequently create new heroes in America, even in rather obscure events ... or at least some unforgettable characters, like (British ski jumper) Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards who managed, quite flamboyantly, to not get himself killed when flying off a ramp 18 years ago at Calgary.

I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation.

You had the gold, gold, gold all but in your hand. By your folly you have disappointed everyone at home and, worse yet, NBC and its advertisers. You were showboating, werent you

It's Dick's way of honoring Teddy and taking the memory of Teddy with him.

In your view is Dennis Rader enjoying what's going on now He's a much bigger celebrity. Outside of Wichita he was not as well-known as other notorious types. Now he is extremely well-known. Is he enjoying this

He was cocky, but in an entertaining kind of way. He would track people down at all times of the day and night in all parts of the country to come on the air. He was aggressive, but in an effective way.

I get a call that says 'Michelle Kwan has withdrawn from the Olympics' and at that point I was thinking 'Wait, what Olympics am I at Lillehammer Sarajevo' and the next thing I know, 45 minutes later I'm interviewing Michelle.

An understanding that it is now indisputable that an entire era in baseball was out of whack, distorted, to some extent inauthentic, and has be viewed almost separate from the rest of baseball history. And that, although baseball is, in fairness, making a belated but now concerted effort to deal with the problem . . . all you can do is try to diminish the use of performance-enhancing drugs, try to change the culture surrounding the sport so that people voluntarily decide they are not going to do it.