Bob Costas
Bob Costas
Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costasis an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s, and has been the prime-time host of nine Olympic games...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSportscaster
Date of Birth22 March 1952
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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Baseball is in a horrible position. Baseball could be celebrating this achievement while (questioning) it. ... (Selig) is in a delicate position. But it comes with the territory.
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Mickey Mantle was baseball.
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commenting on baseball players who test positive for steroids: It?s an announced test, so you not only failed the steroid test, you failed the IQ test.
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(He was) a fragile hero to whom we had an emotional attachment so strong and lasting that it defied logic.
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He was our symbol of baseball at a time when the game meant something to us that perhaps it no longer does.
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It occurs to me as we're all sitting here thinking of Mickey, he's probably somewhere getting an earful from Casey Stengel, and no doubt quite confused by now.
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His doctors said he was, in many ways, the most remarkable patient they'd ever seen. His bravery, so stark and real, that even those used to seeing people in dire circumstances were moved by his example.
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He's got to do something (because) his tenure is going to be largely defined by this punishment. Bold action here is not the same as rash action. If he's got the evidence and he's in the right, he should take bold action. Even if he's defeated in court, he will win in the court of public opinion -- if he takes bold action. ... You can be deliberate and you can still be bold. Once he has it, he should do what he feels is in the best interest of baseball and let the chips fall where they may.
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You had the gold, gold, gold all but in your hand. By your folly you have disappointed everyone at home and, worse yet, NBC and its advertisers. You were showboating, weren¹t you?
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I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation.
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Figure skating is always a huge deal. Winter Olympics frequently create new heroes in America, even in rather obscure events ... or at least some unforgettable characters, like (British ski jumper) Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards who managed, quite flamboyantly, to not get himself killed when flying off a ramp 18 years ago at Calgary.
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What's happened is that teams have latched onto the notion that Spring Training can be a big revenue producer.
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I don't believe there's a single American sitting around saying, 'I'd like to see Bob Costas' take on this.'
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I can't do anything about how people who are all but completely unaware of my actual motivations and my actual thought process and my actual worldview, how they characterize me. There's not much I can do about it, except never say another word other than 'there's a ground ball to shortstop.' And I don't think that's going to happen.