Quotes from Howard Cosell

Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.

Stand for something. Don't quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty.

What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.

After all, is football a game or a religion?

The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion? The people of this country have allowed sports to get completely out of hand.

Sports is human life in microcosm.

Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on another man.

The time may have come to say goodbye to Muhammad Ali, because very honestly, I don't think he can beat George Foreman.

Sports is the toy department of human life.

Mommy, why does daddy cuss the TV and call it Howard?

I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.

Sports is the toy department of human life.

Sports is human life in microcosm.

After all, is football a game or a religion?

There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.

Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.

The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion? The people of this country have allowed sports to get completely out of hand.

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.