John Layfield Quotes

Radio is the art form of sports casting. If you're any good, you can do a great job on radio.

You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.

I had fun pretending to be a sportscaster. People always think that was a down thing for me. I had the best job in sports broadcasting for two years.

It's a dream for me to work with Ron MacLean and Don Cherry as well as my old friend Jeff Marek, who I started my career with.

I've been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great players.

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

I think Bob Costas is terrific. He's so knowledgeable. He can talk about any subject, not just sports.

When I started as a color man in the booth with CBS, I would make footballs out of a roll of toilet paper.

I'm looking forward to a long, fruitful career now behind the mic, staying around the sport I love so much and the sport that changed my life for the better.

I want to be the Howard Cosell of MMA.

I'd had colleagues tell me, 'You should be calling games.' But to actually have a producer call me and say, 'We want you in the booth,' I was like, What?

Over the years, I've had many talented broadcast partners that have helped me grow as an announcer.

I love working with Byron Saxton and Jerry Lawler, and I hope I continue to do so.

If they think I'm better at commentating than I was as a player, then I must be pretty darned good at commentating.

Working with Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch was incredible.

I enjoyed working with Stephen Merchant. He was wonderful. I've been such a big fan of his acting.

It's more fun to write stuff when you know someone's going to nail it.

'Westworld' is going to be incredible, and the production line is amazing. That was really nice because Lisa Nolan, who is in charge there, is fabulous and is a great example of a woman doing that role. So that was great, and she's amazing - an incredible writer and fantastic to work with.

Stacy Keach was really fun to work with, and Henry Winkler was very fun.

It's a business with the coaches. It's a business with the front office. So I don't get too tied up if I'm appreciated by them. Because at the end of the day, my teammates are who I play for.

I enjoy commentating on the big tournaments for the BBC, the occasional exhibition match, and my business interests.

Working with one's boss is a totally different dynamic than working with a peer, especially when doing live or live-to-tape commentary of a genre as unique as sports-entertainment.

I'm actually really impressed with everyone at Polydor.

I do really like my co-stars when I'm acting. As a person, as a partner, and as something beyond that.

I get this call and they go, you know, 'Do you want to do the finals?' and I go, 'Yeah, I guess, I've never, never done the finals.' Especially for somebody who's done as many thousands of games as I have, it kind of takes you one step further.