Major League Baseball

"After all of these years, I realize my energy comes from the people at the other end."

"Go crazy, folks! Go crazy!" - Game 5 1985 NLCS (Ozzie Smith hit a game winning home run)

He takes off his cap. He mops his brow. He looks in and gets the sign. He starts the windup. Here's the pitch and its...A STRIKE CALLED! A NO-HITTER FOR GIBSON! Simmons roars to the mound, embraces Gibson who is engulfed by his teammates as the Cardinals win the game 11-0!" - Calling the final out of Bob Gibson's 1971 no-hitter. Gibson struck out Willie Stargell to secure the only no-hitter of his legendary career

"I don't think there is anyone in any sport who combined the supreme talent with a great personality. He is also is one of the most beautiful people who ever walked the face of the earth. I don't think there's anybody who compares to Stan Musial on both fronts."

"It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball"

"It (George Steinbrenner's new yacht) was a beautiful thing to observe with all thirty oars working in unison."

"Kid (White Sox broadcaster John Rooney), you better slow down. You're going to wear 'em out in a week, and you've got to be out there for one-hundred sixty-two."

"That's a winner."

"The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game — in hospitals, homes, prisons — those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind."

"When Harry and I were doing the games together, we were as good as a team as there ever was. His style and mine were so different that it made for a balanced broadcast. The way we approached the job, with the interest and love both of us had for the game, made our work kind of special." - from Jack Buck - That's A Winner (1999)

"Every day was a pleasant day for him. He was happy just to be around every day. He always made you smile, lightened the mood and kept things loose. He was down there every day during batting practice." - Joe McEwing

"He had a great attitude. I'll never forget the poem he read (before the first game) after September 11. It was awesome." - Craig Paquette

"He's the Harry Caray of St. Louis. He always called me Mr. Dunston, and I always called him Mr. Buck. Jack was an excellent broadcaster and a gentleman. I put him and Harry Caray in the same boat. Jack gave so much to baseball. He was an outstanding broadcaster." - Shawon Dunston

"He was my idol. I listened to him and Harry Caray when I was growing up. Most people were Harry Caray fans, but I was more of a Jack Buck fan. My dad took me to a game in St. Louis, and I had my transistor with me. I felt that Jack was always very accurate, and that's what I liked about him. He wasn't the showman; he wasn't the entertainer that Harry was. He was the fan's eyes to the game and described what they wanted to hear. He gave them the accurate description of what was happening." - Astros Broadcaster Bill Brown

"I grew up with Ernie Harwell. Jack Buck is, like Ernie, an icon. Of course in 1988, when he made the call (Game One of the World Series), it was a special attachment that lasted a lifetime. Let's say it was well said. I couldn't believe what I just saw, either." - Kirk Gibson

"Jack was one of the finest men that I have met in this game and certainly a class act. In every phase of professionalism, he was absolutely first class." - Lloyd McClendon

"How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name (after receiving a check made out to Bearer)." - Hall of Famer Yogi Berra

"The thing that amazes me about him — and all of us have our own styles — he understated things to the extent that they more than adequately conveyed what people saw and thought. When Kirk Gibson hit the home run off Dennis Eckersley to win the World Series game, he said seven words: 'I don't believe what I just saw.' And that conveyed everything that people in Dodger Stadium were thinking [and] people watching on TV or listening on the radio. He said it exactly the way it was. That's a talent that very few people like us in this business have. He was amazing. He never big-timed anybody. He never thought he was important. He was genuinely amazed at the following he has. He was special; he really was." - Hall of Fame Broadcaster Marty Brennaman

"When (Mark) McGwire hit the home run in '98, we were all there watching Jack stand and applaud, a man who had seen everything, and there were tears coming down from his eyes." - Broadcaster Chip Caray