Top 35 Michael Buffer Quotes

I always loved Evander Holyfield because people think of him as a small heavyweight, but of course from the waist up he was a pretty good-sized guy, but he just had these little skinny legs and no booty and it made him look like he was small.

I used to watch old clips of Muhammad Ali, where he’d be talking the jive during interviews, you know, ‘Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, rumble, man, rumble.’

I have nothing to complain about financially.

It’s not that I get nervous but when it’s a really hot button crowd where they are really energetic I get anxious.

You see, the power of television cannot be underestimated.

One of the great moments for me was Riddick Bowe defeating Evander Holyfield to win the world heavyweight title. That was a night when you thought, ‘Woah, this guy is special.’ But then after that Riddick never really fulfilled his potential.

I actually gave Mike Tyson his ‘Iron Mike’ nickname.

I’m not a business person.

I do a lot of fights in the U.K., and the fans there, I have to admit probably, are the best in the world because they support their fighters.

It’s one thing to practise in front of a mirror at home, but another to do it in front of 800 people or on live TV.

A lot of people assumed for all those years that I was the official announcer for HBO because I had done almost all their fights. I worked on all of them independently.

One of the things I really love about my job is enthusiasm.

If you were to make a commercial, or do a magazine ad that says ‘let’s get ready to rumble’ to draw attention to your product, you’ve stolen my property.

It’s hard to put a price on a life’s work.

You can’t believe everything you hear on the Internet.

I didn’t see conflict during the Vietnam War, but I did lose close friends.

A lot of times you go to a fight and the crowd will be for a certain fighter who is the favourite but if the underdog shows he has a chance they sometimes even swing to side of the underdog.

I’ve been blessed with doing something I love and then at the same time, do introductions at World Series, Stanley Cup championships, NFL playoff games and a lot of commercials. No regrets at all.

I was watching fights on TV one day with my oldest son and we watched a ring announcer announce a split decision where he gave the winning scores first, so he took away the drama. So my son said: ‘Dad you could do that,’ and the light went off in my head and I decided to contact promoters and got my foot in the door.

One of my careers just before ring announcing was that I worked as a model.

Before boxing I was a car salesman but I was horrible at it and had to make a living elsewhere.

Most times, I’m playing myself in films, like ‘Rocky’ or ‘Creed.’

Mike Tyson as a kid was a mark, he loved wrestling. So that was something he loved to do when he had the opportunity to participate.

To me, all business is the same it’s just the product that’s different and you can have a diamond in your hand, but if you don’t market it correctly, it just becomes another piece of coal.

I think it would be great to start a Super Bowl off with, ‘The players are ready, the field is ready, let’s get ready to rumble.’

One of my favourite fighters to watch ever, and of course before I was a ring announcer, was Muhammad Ali.

I’ve done quite a few gigs for the military. Some of them had to be kept under the wire. I’m a three year Army veteran myself, and I’m always available to do stuff like that. I’ve even done some things for the British military, too.

There’s a lot of luck involved in getting married to the right woman.

There’s nothing like a event at The Garden.

I’ve met kids right out of the Olympics who tell me they can’t wait to be introduced by me. After a fight, fighters say, ‘Being introduced by you, what a thrill.’ That’s probably the best compliment I can get.

I have the power to control the crowd’s emotions.

I hear my voice and I cringe, I kind of hear Philadelphia in there, my hometown.

I was pretty dreadful on my first night as an announcer as back in those days the scorecards were written in a very strange way so that didn’t help and some of the fighter’s names were unpronounceable.

Anytime I get a chance to work with the guys from the WWE, it’s a chance I jump at if I can.

One time, a hedge fund gentleman in Connecticut brought in a bunch of professional wrestlers and myself at a very hefty price for his son’s 11th birthday.