Quotes by Chick Hearn

About Chick Hearn:

Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn is that most of Hearn's games in the television era were simulcast on both radio and television, even after most teams chose to use different announcers for the different media.
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Radio is the art form of sports casting. If you're any good, you can do a great job on radio.

Chick Hearn

I always like to pretend two things: one, I'm sitting in the seat beside you watching the game together. I'll say, 'Wasn't that a great shot? Boy, it sure was.' The other thing I do is pretend I'm talking to people who are non-sighted. I try to creat...

Chick Hearn

My work is a love for me; I'd do it for free, but don't tell my bosses.

Chick Hearn

Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer.

Chick Hearn

I do something that I don't think anyone else does. I warm up before a game. Baseball and basketball players warm up, so why shouldn't the announcer warm up?

Chick Hearn

Most people can't talk as fast as I do. I'm not proud of that. That's God-given.

Chick Hearn

I've got to be right on top of the action, or else all those people watching the game will say, 'This guy's not very good.'

Chick Hearn

You can't please everybody all the time, but you can please a majority.

Chick Hearn

Author Bio

  • NameChick Hearn
  • DescriptionAmerican basketball sportscaster
  • BornNovember 27, 1916
  • DiedAugust 5, 2002
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist