SPORTS QUOTES
Quotes by sportscaster Lindsey Nelson
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How he began at NBC:
"I was hired by Gallery [Tom, NBC sports director] as an administrator, not as an announcer. I stayed at NBC 10 years and never had a contract as an announcer. I never even had an agent; I didn't need one because I was hiring myself to announce the weekend events. When Gallery would say 'Who do you think we ought to use on this event?',
I would say, 'Me.' "
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On his trademark flashy jackets:
"We (the New York Mets) were going to be televising 120 games in color . . . . I walked into a New York clothing store and told the clerk, 'Let me see all the jackets you can't sell.' He brought out seven, and I bought all of them.
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"People don't always recognize me but they know my outfit."
"People don't always recognize me but they know my outfit."
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On the early New York Mets:
On the early New York Mets:
"It was my job to set the broadcast policy. I told our broadcast team, 'This is a very inept group of players, and we're not going to try to hide their ineptness. We're also not going to make fun of them.' We simply described what they did, and what they did was hilarious."
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The last time I saw him, he was served lunch at the assisted living facility where he was residing. The main dish was roast beef.
Lindsey had very little strength left, and using his hands was difficult because of the Parkinson's. He attacked the meat as vigorously as he could with knife and fork, but it remained intact. After two or three minutes he leaned back in his chair and said:
"This looks like a tie game to me."
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Lindsey had very little strength left, and using his hands was difficult because of the Parkinson's. He attacked the meat as vigorously as he could with knife and fork, but it remained intact. After two or three minutes he leaned back in his chair and said:
"This looks like a tie game to me."
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