Mike Gallagher Quotes

I'm not great on television. That's one reason I don't do it very often.

The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.

Some people are very good at that, communicating with the world; I'm not sure I'm suited to it.

Intelligence, knowledge or experience are important and might get you a job, but strong communication skills are what will get you promoted.

Players shy away from talking to announcers today.

Now, I talk to athletes who answer questions with a 'yeah'. I realize I used to do that. Or they answer very quickly and you stand there trying to come up with another question to ask. I've seen both sides and it's been very educational.

I do remember a lot of teachers saying I would do well on TV, as I have a 'modern look,' but I never knew how to take that.

If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people.

A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

Every time I talk to the press, I put my foot in my mouth.

We have to teach girls communication skills.

I've been on national TV since 1994, and I can communicate in a compelling and decisive way.

When you're an on-air broadcaster you have a personality to maintain. It's your job.

Learning how to communicate to big audiences, and how to frame a message in a way that works in a sound-bite world, that for me is very challenging.

I'm not used to doing press conferences, and I don't like giving interviews.

If you can't make yourself understood by your friends, you'll be in trouble when your enemies come for you.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

I'm mostly just getting used to the idea that people want to hear what I have to say.

Your prospective employer, or the person you have a crush on, or the person you want to talk to. You're judging yourself, you know, thinking about your listener. You're not thinking about what you're saying. And that same thing happens when you write.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

John Kerry spent the day reading to preschoolers ... and the kids said Kerry actually lacked warmth and failed to articulate a clear message.

When you're on camera, you can't think of all the technical things.

I still find to give an interview to be difficult, as any person who deals with the press will tell you. That's why it's nice, with this one, to talk to a friend. But sometimes with a coffee and a friendly smile, I suddenly start talking without thinking about how it's going to be read.

Broadcasting is easy; you just talk until you think of something to say.