Lesley Visser Quotations

I don't know if everybody is ready to hear a woman tell them so-and-so is going to run off left tackle. But you know what? They're going to hear it.

For years, I stored my sweaters in the oven.

Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.

I'm proud of my status as a pioneer in this business.

What kept me going through all the years? More than anything, the love of and respect for competition. That's what it comes down to for me. That's why I do this.

All the cameras shifted from the players to me.

I went to the top of the Cotton Bowl by myself, sat down and cried.

That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest.

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.

I was discouraged that this topic got more attention than Eileen Collins, the female commander who landed the space shuttle Discovery now there's the real deal!

I think it will be a heck of a chess match.

There are hundreds of good men in this business and hundreds of good women and there are some who are equally bad,

When I started, the press credentials said 'No women or children in the press box,' ... There are a lot of things in the workplace that you can attempt to hide, and I could not hide the fact that I was a woman. I was always the only woman in the press box, and they didn't even have ladies rooms.

The three most important things for a sportscaster are knowledge of the game, a passion for sports and the profession, and the stamina to struggle.