Bob Costas

“My view is that you never argue with a crazy person. And you don't give a platform to a crazy person.”

“The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.”

“I'm a broadcaster. I'm not a cheerleader.”

“The beauty of baseball is that you can't script it.”

“I always felt that the best thing I could do was to be myself.”

“The Super Bowl is a national holiday. It's an American institution.”

“You can't be a homer. You just can't.”

“There's a certain gravitas that I think a network television broadcast should have.”

“I am not a natural storyteller. I'm a natural interviewer.”

“The whole thing is, you have to be honest with yourself and with the audience.”

“What I love about baseball is the history, the folklore, the stories.”

“I think the most important thing for a sportscaster is to be accurate. And to be fair.”

“The language of baseball is a language of the heart.”