Brian Roberts Quotes

Yeah, I definitely like broadcasting. And I'm looking forward to getting into it when my career is done.

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

So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.

I did everything when I started. In Miami I did news, I did weather, I did sports, I did disk-jockeying. And I did a sports talk show every week - every Saturday night.

I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.

With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

When I was a little boy, my dream was to play baseball and leave Cuba.

Baseball has been very good to me.

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

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

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.

The longer and longer I played in the NFL, I kind of said, 'Well, I'm not going to go out and get a 9 to 5 job at any point soon, so what can I do?' So I started hosting radio and TV shows while I was still playing.

It was always a dream of mine to play for the Orioles.

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

My father was an outfielder in the Milwaukee system before he hurt his elbow.

I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as a coach's son and I was a baseball player back in Arkansas, and I lived in Texas, too, so I was just surrounded by sports. So that's what I was going to do: Pitch for the St Louis Cardinals. I had no idea I was going to be an actor. So I got my collar bone broken in the Kansas City Royals training camp. And once I got hurt I started doing other things for a while.

Enos Cabell started out here with the Astros, and before that he was with the Orioles.

I'm no George Brett, and I probably never will be.

I remember one spring when I was doing the team's telecasts, Bob Allison was with me, and we were walking through the clubhouse in Orlando. This kid who was trying to make it with the Twins as an outfielder came up to me and asked who was that with me. I said that's Bob Allison, and you better hope you have as good a career as he had.

Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

After spending the last 15 years guest hosting, I couldn't be happier to get the opportunity to host my own show! I'm looking forward to talking sports, connecting with listeners, and interviewing amazing guests every day, while being a part of the FOX Sports Radio family. It was worth the wait.

This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.

In August of 1921, one of the great American combinations was unveiled—even better than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This fortuitous new blend was radio and baseball.

Oh, to be a center fielder, a center fielder- and nothing more

I fell in love with radio once I started working there, and I never stopped.