"Jimmy Roberts" (born 1957) is a sportscaster for NBC. Roberts joined NBC in May 2000 after serving as a sports reporter for almost 12 years at ESPN, where he won 11 Sports Emmy Awards.

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In 25 years in the business, I've never experienced anything more stirring than watching Dan Jansen win his gold medal. It's still the only time I've ever cried in a press box.

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The goal is to make sure that the 530 kids in your park are enjoying baseball.

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Maybe the (Turin) games will go down in history as the games that didn't make sense.

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I think, unfortunately, this is going to go down in history as one of the great sporting gaffes of all time.

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It's tough to tell my kids I'm getting on an airplane.

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I never wanted to do on air. Because the fact that you're on air, people take shots at you for no reason, and that made me uncomfortable. So I retreated to the safety and anonymity of behind the camera.

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Missed opportunities are magnified. You can't just go out and 'get 'em' again next year.

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We were worried that we'd have too many kids coming in, especially at the 11- and 12-year-old age.

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