A biography for Joe Buckhasn’t been written yet.
“Any surgery done to improve one's looks is not really something someone wants to talk about.”
“I'm not an outdoorsman. I'd rather go see a movie. I don't want to hunt anything.”
“You're open to minute-by-minute criticism which comes via Twitter, that starts seeping its way into your head, and it's easy to let that affect how you do the game... it was a nice moment when I got to take that off my phone.”
“Jack Buck fought through Europe during World War II.”
“I'm clearly not an international man of mystery.”
“Troy Aikman is one of my best friends.”
“I have a casual interest in the NBA.”
“We live in a world where a lot of people are dissatisfied and can't wait, in 140 characters or less, to tell you how dissatisfied they are.”
“As far as sitting down and watching a sports event, that's just not part of my day or part of my night.”
“I'm my dad's kid, and I'm still, right or wrong, fighting that uphill battle, and I'm not saying that makes sense. I mean my dad didn't hire me at Fox... but it certainly gave me my start, and I think I'm always kind of fighting that.”
“I've heard, 'You're not your father.' Well, you're right. I'm not. We've had two different careers.”
“I was worried that if I lost my hair, I would lose my job.”
“My dad did call a lot of football, and in my opinion, he was the best football announcer on radio ever.”
“I watched how happy broadcasting made him. And if you're close with your parent and you see they're happy doing something, it's only natural you want to follow in their footsteps.”
“I enjoy the mental gymnastics that go along with matching voice to picture and vice versa and trying to accent the action as opposed to provide all of the action through my words. And that's really what play-by-play is.”
“I am obsessed with golf.”
“To declare the Cubs champions after 108 years was the highlight of my career.”
“Whenever Elway was on the field, you never counted the Broncos out.”
“If you're confident in what you do, the compliment doesn't matter.”
“I love the St. Louis Blues, it's the only team I openly root for.”