Bob Sheppard Quotes

Bob Sheppard — American Entertainer born on October 20, 1910, died on July 11, 2010

Robert Leo Sheppard was the long-time public address announcer for numerous New York area college and professional sports teams, in particular the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, and the New York Giants of the National Football League... (wikipedia)

My purpose in public address and in speech is really encapsulated in three C's: clear, concise, correct. No overblowing rhetoric or anything like that. As simple as possible: clear, concise, correct.

I played baseball as a left-handed first baseman, though never as well as I did quarterbacking.

I was born in Queens and spent many years there. After I got married, I moved to Kew Gardens, then moved to Baldwin, Long Island, where I still reside.

Nobody, but nobody stays a public-address announcer for more than a couple of years. Truly. Public-address announcing is not a career. Public-address announcers only work 81 days a year, so you don't make a living.

Bob Sheppard Quotes

Bob Sheppard Quotes

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