Keith Jackson Quotes (24 Quotes)


    I'm finished with play-by-play forever. I'm going out to learn to be a senior citizen and find a president I can vote for and believe in.

    I can't believe that if push comes to shove that they couldn't do something about it. They should have done it a long time ago. This game is about to get away from Dallas, and that would be a shame.

    When my new mom asked me what I thought, I told her that Ms. Vanessa could die for all I care. I thought she should have gotten jail for life or the electric chair because she starved us and almost killed us. And she can't repay us.

    Sponsored research is funded primarily by federal government, state agencies and private organizations.

    If USC wins this game, I think you have to put them up there with the greatest teams of all time. I always thought the 1972 USC team was the best I ever saw. Then came Nebraska in 1995. If the Trojans win, they are right there.


    Historically scientific research has been more popular, and liberal arts has lagged behind. The awards for the arts are much smaller.

    I've always considered that 1972 USC team the best team I've ever seen, ... I've said that for a long time, and I've seen them all.

    People have asked me if this has been the college football game with the most hype on it. I would say yes, because the media has never been more prolific.

    There aren't many places where you'd find folks that'd rather have a corn dog then a steak. But I think in this one, you probably do. And then riding that Ferris wheel, you can get sick before they even tee it up.

    This is the perfect time. I don't want to get back into the pressure cooker of play-by-play and worry about travel. I don't want to die in a stadium parking lot.

    We may not have had any home games, but we were going to show people what Patriots basketball was all about. That was just Rip's attitude.

    It'd be a damn shame if they left Dallas, ... Texas-OU is a rare jewel. It's so unique and wonderful. Where else can you take a day and go to the State Fair, ride a Ferris wheel, grab a few cold refreshments and walk over to watch one of college football's greatest rivalries

    I always felt the '72 USC team was the best team I ever saw. Then along came '95 Nebraska. Whoa My word. But if these guys, if USC wins, they've got to be right there, too. You can't deny them that.


    It's a year-by-year thing with me, that's all I can tell you. ... The Pac-10 contract exists through 2011, but I'm pretty sure by 2011, I will have become the shop steward of the International Porch Sitters Union and I won't worry about it.

    I have never seen a team that had this many tools, and they do it with a casual assuredness.


    I'm at a point in my life where I can't see as well, I can't hear as well and I damn sure can't run as fast. And you get tired after a while. I've been doing it for 53 years and I think that's long enough.

    Everything's going to turn out great for Casey, because he loved to compete against us, ... He liked to see us screw up, or he liked to make us mess up with his athletic ability.

    We expect that average selling prices for the second quarter of 2006 will be flat to slightly up sequentially. We also expect that gross margins will continue to grow by between 50 to 100 basis points sequentially in the second quarter of 2006.

    The question came up the other day Has there ever been another game that had more on it or more hype The answer is no. ... I think this one goes down as an all-time all-timer.

    Casey Dick he used to kill us every day on scout team, ... He used to throw that ball, and you would just hear the ball hitting the pads on the receivers every time real loud.

    We'd come down and ride the Ferris wheel, and Mama was worn out by the time it would be time to play ball,

    You know why. It's Texas. It's the state university of Texas. They just assume that posture. It's their birthright.


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