Sue Barker Quotes

I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator.

I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.

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.

One of my first heroes was Jim Robson, the hall-of-fame broadcaster with the Canucks and Hockey Night in Canada, and Jim Ross with the WWE and Howard Cosell was a big influence on me.

Stephen A. Smith is the hardest-working man in sports show business. The ubiquitous basketball pundit appears on ESPN about 10 times a day as a regular on the show 'NBA Fastbreak,' a guest commentator on 'Sports Center,' and a pundit on 'ESPNEWS.'

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

I've called all sports. I was a radio DJ, club DJ, talk show host, hockey, basketball, football; you name it, I've done it.

I was just overcome with the idea that one day I wanted to be one of those voices at the Masters and work for CBS and cover the NFL.

I love Augusta. I get to cover what I consider to be the best golf tournament of the year, and I really would like to think that one day - God willing, CBS willing - I'd be able to say that I worked 50 Masters.

It was tough getting fired by the NBA. I really didn't know where I was going, until [ESPN] called me. I said, "Hey, 'ESPN?' Never heard of it. It sounds like a disease." Now I have that same disease as a sports fanatic. All this sports madness we didn't have years ago, now I'm very blessed and fortunate to be part of it.

I thought maybe I'd be a female sportscaster.

Even as voters, we try to keep up with the guys as much as possible, mainly through television or ESPN.

ESPN is a very anchor-driven network, which I love.

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.

ESPN has this problem with sports, it's impossible to fill 24 hours with sports programming so they have to resort to things like poker and arm wrestling tournaments.

I'd like to break some new ground, maybe in TV presenting, rather than just be an actress.

A lot of people don't realize that I started my career in sports and was a sports reporter long before I was on television. I used to be an NBA reporter and an NHL reporter.

I watch a lot of ESPN. I just kind of keep it on for long periods of time and watch guys yell at each other about sports things.

Over the years, I've enjoyed working for WFAN and MSG - two sports giants in the industry. There couldn't be a better fit due to the long-standing history both entities have had with NY sports.

I watch ESPN all day long.

I'm a big watcher of sports, consumer of sports content, so I love documentaries; I love the format.

Presenting football is something that I love to do. I'm very fortunate being able to do one of the BBC's flagship shows.

I always wanted to be a sports broadcaster.

ESPN is a very, very good operation, and it's a gold mine. It's an even bigger gold mine than Fox News.

I really like ESPN. They do a great job.