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Howard Cosell
14 quotes
“This is Howard Cosell telling it like it is.”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Sonny Liston's not coming out! Sonny Liston's not coming out! He's out! The winner and new heavyweight champion of the world is Cassius Clay!”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: February 25, 1964, calling the victory of Cassius Clay (who would later change his name to Muhammad Ali) over Sonny Liston.
“The Rooneys are the finest people, the people I most respect in American sports ownership. I've always felt that way. And there's no reason to change. They are people of integrity and character... I have a whole transcendental feeling for the Steelers and the Rooneys and Pittsburgh.”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1982
“Crowd screaming chanting ALI! ALI! Legends die hard and Ali is learning that even he can not be forever young.”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: October 2, 1980 during the 9th round of the ill-fated Muhammad Ali-Larry Holmes World heavyweight championship.
“He is working Duran effectively....and Duran must resolve from pulling in...and he does...WHAT?! DURAN HAS QUIT?! ROBERTO DURAN HAS QUIT!!! There can be no other explanation. Pandemonium in the ring, and Roberto Duran has quit!”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: November 25, 1980, calling the fight between Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard, which Duran infamously quit during the 8th round of the fight.
“This, we have to say it, remember this is just a football game, no matter who wins or loses. An unspeakable tragedy, confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City: John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the West Side of New York City, the most famous, perhaps, of all of The Beatles, shot twice in the back, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, dead … on … arrival. Hard to go back to the game after that newsflash, which in duty bound, we had to take.”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Monday Night Football, December 8, 1980.
“That little monkey. The theorem was that he was too small to play in the NFL.”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Referring to Mike Adamle during an Exhibition Hall of Fame Game, Kansas City Chiefs vs. New York Giants, Fawcett Stadium, Canton Ohio, July 29, 1972.
“Look at that little monkey run!”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: During the Halftime Highlights segment of Monday Night Football on September 24, 1973 when describing a 97-yard kickoff return by Washington Redskins player Herb Mul-Key against the St. Louis Cardinals.
“That little monkey gets loose, doesn't he?”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: September 1983, referring to wide receiver Alvin Garrett of the Washington Redskins; the statement was denounced as racist, but it was pointed out that Cosell had regularly used the same term to describe small players o…
“I was infected with my desire, my resolve, to make it in broadcasting. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and how.”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[T]hey wanted... another Joe Louis. A white man's black man... Didn't these idiots realize that Cassius Clay was the name of a slave owner? … Had I been black and my name Cassius Clay, I damned well would have changed it!”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm one helluva communicator.”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He's going to go all-the-way. (often quoted by Cosell during the "Halftime Highlights" segment of ABC's Monday Night Football games to announce touchdowns scored in games on Sunday a day earlier. Adopted as a tribute, and modified to include a hesitating voice cadence by Chris Berman of ESPN as He could... go... all... the … way!)”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, persecuting, distasteful, verbose, a show off. There's no question that I'm all of those things.”
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At a 1973 banquet later to be used for an NFL Films production called Howard Cosell At Large...