8 Howard Cosell Quotes on Broadcasting

Howard Cosell quotes on broadcasting

1. This is Howard Cosell telling it like it is.

2. Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Sonny Liston's not coming out! Sonny Liston's not coming out! He's out! The winner and new heavyweight champion of the world is Cassius Clay!

5. There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.

10. I was infected with my desire, my resolve, to make it in broadcasting. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and how.

19. I would say that Don Meredith's erratic march to the Emmy, the most treasured of all broadcast awards, in his first year of TV work has to be regarded as one of the great feats of modern times.

30. Without me, the nature of the telecasts was entirely altered. I had commanded attention. I had a palpable impact on the show, giving it a sense of moment. If that sounds like ego, what can I say? I'm telling it like it is.

31. Howard Cosell was a good man and he lived a good life. I have been interviewed by many people, but I enjoyed interviews with Howard the best. We always put on a good show. I hope to meet him one day in the hereafter. I can hear Howard now saying, 'Muhammad, you're not the man you used to be.' I pray that he is in God's hands. I will miss him.

36. [A] broadcasting pioneer who changed the way people listen to and watch sports.