Howard Cosell

“I'm just telling it like it is.”

“That is the most ridiculous call in the history of this game!”

“The hypocrisy of this country is so thick you can cut it with a knife.”

“Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. I have been called all of these. Of course, I am.”

“Sports is the toy department of human life.”

“Look at that little monkey run!”

“Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!”

“What's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong. And I'm not going to be silenced.”

“He can run, but he can't hide.”

“I have never played the game of football.”

“Boxing is a sleazy, corrupt, and vicious business.”

“This was a magnificent fight. It was a beautiful fight.”

“It may be a cliché, but it's true: the camera never lies.”

“I'm the only guy in this business who's not for sale.”

“He's got a big heart. He's a fighter. But that's all he is, a fighter.”