“I was too short for basketball and too little for football, ... They had (three-time NFL Pro Bowler) Bucko Kilroy about a year ahead of me. He was full-grown then.”
“People forget that (Facenda) was a great news man, ... They just think of him as the voice of NFL Films. John was a great fan. We had a great set up for 12 years.”
“The Sixties and Seventies were the best times in the NFL, ... I covered Jim Brown, Gayle Sayers, Jurgenson, Unitas, Star and those great Packers teams. It was more fun than work.”
“Lloyd's of London was so expensive (to insure the game coverage), it was cheaper for CBC to put a full crew in a stand-by game, whether we got on (due to inclement weather in the primary game) or not, ... I think that we got on the air for about five innings in three years.”
