Lon Simmons Quotations

Everything he did, he really got into it. He taught himself how to paint, and a lot of what he did was pretty good. ... And for me, eating is something you do three times a day because you're hungry. For Bill, dining was an adventure. He loved ethnic foods and wines. He studied that, too.

He was broadcasting the Giants from Candlestick on the final day of 1962 when they beat Houston and clinched the tie for the pennant.

We've lost a unique person, no doubt about that.

We did a nationwide survey of tapes to find someone who could step in and do baseball when I was gone, and Bill was the guy we selected. It was obvious sooner or later that he would be doing his own thing. The broadcast business has lost a good one. It's just a shame.

The one thing I regret is that he passed before he got a chance to get into the baseball Hall of Fame.

I think it's an award he would have really cherished. He tried to act like it didn't mean much, but I think he would have really cherished it.