Red Barber quotes:

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

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

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

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.

Baseball is dull only to dull minds.

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

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

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

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

People see what they want to see.