Curt Gowdy Quotes

Going through college a Red Sox fan and knowing the history behind everything that was going on back in the '80s and finally getting a chance to win a World Series for this great city and bringing it back after 86 years, it was truly special, and it's one of the highlights that I'll remember for a long time.

The Boston Red Sox, they love to compete.

I love Boston. I love Fenway Park. I love Red Sox history. But in no way am I a Red Sox fan.

I'm an avid Boston Red Sox fan.

The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

I think Red Sox fans have always been good to me; they've treated me well.

You look at all the great players that they've had and the potential of playing in Yankee Stadium.

There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball.

There's so much passion and so much interest in the Red Sox in Boston.

If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say it was those people that go to Fenway Park to watch the games. And then the media around it.

Everyone I knew was a Red Sox fan. Living up there in 1967 - the Impossible Dream season - that moment was incredibly compelling. I just naturally gravitated to the team. Nineteen seventy-five was arguably the greatest World Series of all time.

I am old enough to remember every Red Sox season since 1975. Baseball is long. Baseball takes forever. It's day in, day out, for six solid months - seven if you're lucky. Winning is always fun.

For me, there is a strong family connection to Boston and anything connected to Boston, which includes Fenway.

When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.

I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston.

The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.

I am a huge Red Sox fan.

Here's the thing: I had never been to Boston, my whole life. Probably because I'm a Yankee fan.

I grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and I'm a huge Red Sox fan. I've probably been to Fenway 40 times. I've been pretty lucky as a sports fan because the Patriots have won Super Bowls and the Red Sox have won World Series during my lifetime.

I am very much a Red Sox fan; I can name you more players than you could possibly imagine. It's just part of who I am.

It seemed like I always did some great hitting in Brooklyn. The field there was close to the stands. Every time I started walking to the plate, I could hear the fans say, 'Here comes that man again. Here comes that man.'

I love being a Yankee, and it's hard not to. It's a special place to play.

My favorite event each year is the Yankees-Red Sox series. Love seeing passions run hot among the fans, especially when both teams are in the running for the playoffs.

With me, baseball will never grow old. In my own estimation, it may not have improved so much as many believe, but regardless of everything, it is the same good old game. If I have contributed to its success, I do not refer to this in the sense of boasting. I had to or fall out of the ranks.

I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for.