Quotes by Bob Costas

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• Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.

  ― Bob Costas
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• It brings to mind a story Mickey liked to tell on himself. He pictured himself at the pearly gates, met by St. Peter, who shook his head and said, 'Mick, we checked the record. We know some of what went on. Sorry, we can't let you in, but before you go, God wants to know if you'd sign these six dozen baseballs.

  Eulogy for Mickey Mantle, Dallas, Tex., 15 August 1995

  ― Bob Costas
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• It doesn't seem that long ago to me that the word 'irreverent' seemed affixed to my name. 'Irreverent newcomer.' I went from irreverent to venerable in what seems to me like the blink of an eye.

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Subjects in these quotes:

• information
• judiciously
• commentary
• irreverent
• venerable
• himself

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