Quotes About Howard Cosell

The Russians have a weapon that can wipe out two hundred eighty thousand Americans. That puts them exactly ten years behind Howard Cosell.

That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on.

My father watched football with the sound off because he lived in fear of hearing the voice of Howard Cosell.

Howard] Cosell spoke in a Brooklyn accent, with vowels that got trapped in the back of his nose and consonants that exploded from his mouth with unexpected force and speed. It was a voice that reminded listeners of a trumpet in the hands of a non-trumpeter.

That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to, when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on.

One of my first heroes was Jim Robson, the hall-of-fame broadcaster with the Canucks and Hockey Night in Canada, and Jim Ross with the WWE and Howard Cosell was a big influence on me.

There have always been mixed emotions about Howard Cosell: Some people hate him like poison, and other people just hate him regular.

One of the best ones out there was a guy named Howard Cosell. He was the best.

I grew up watching Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and the other guys with my dad.

I grew up watching Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and the other guys with my dad.