Red Barber Quotations

Running like a bunny with his tail on fire.

It's so cold today even the brass monkeys have stayed home!

People see what they want to see.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Baseball is dull only to dull minds.