Brickhouse Quotes & Sayings

Should I feel better if I were to vomit?' asked Jagiello. 'I doubt it,' said Stephen. 'It has done nothing for the Colonel. — Patrick O'Brian

I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me. — Jack Brickhouse

There was never any question about his (Enos Slaughter) courage. He proved it by getting married four times. — Jack Brickhouse

I am the fierce one who threatens death to scoundrels, Darcy." Fitzwilliam scolded. "You are the one who keeps a cool head and prevents it. That is the order of things. — Diana J. Oaks

I imagine myself as the broadcaster for a Cubs-White Sox World Series, a Series that would last seven games, with the final game going extra innings before being suspended because of darkness at Wrigley Field. — Jack Brickhouse

Years later, a Japanese visitor tried to apologize to Mao for his country's invasion of China. Mao interrupted, "Should I not thank you instead?" Without a worthy opponent, he explained, a man or group cannot grow stronger. — Robert Greene

I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy. — Jack Brickhouse

I've always tried to keep in mind that I'm in grass-roots country and I'm grass-roots-born and -reared. I don't use the so-called 'sophisticated approach' to broadcasting that is used in other parts of the country. — Jack Brickhouse

You have made no secret of the fact that you hate me."
His eyes soften again. "Hate you?" he asks. "Not as much as you might think. And then there is the ... what was it ... butterflies? That can't be a bad thing, can it? — Amy A. Bartol

There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer. — Vince Gilligan

Any team can have a bad century. — Jack Brickhouse