A new statue honoring Reds broadcasting legend Marty Brennaman is coming to Great American Ball Park.Brennaman spoke to WLWT about the honor on Friday."It's hard for me to talk about it because I'm still overwhelmed by it," Brennaman said. "Since I retired, this will be the sixth season. Every now and then, I think about it. You know, how could you not when you spend your entire career broadcasting in one city and you do it for 46 years? I think about it, and then I would dismiss it and go about my business. And quite honestly, if it never happened, I'd have been fine with that too. All the people there before me were baseball players. I'm a lot of things, but that ain't one of them. So I'm absolutely thrilled by it."Brennaman continued by saying the statue will be the single biggest accolade he has ever received in his life."I'm grateful to the club for thinking about doing this for me, and this is the single biggest thing that's ever happened to me in my career," Brennaman said. "The Baseball Hall of Fame, the Radio Hall of Fame, everything that's been blessed to have come my way — don't equal this. And there are people who are shocked at that. They said someone in your profession as a Major League Baseball broadcaster, the Hall of Fame is the greatest thing of all. Well, yes and no. Nationally, yes, as far as the industry is concerned. But had I not been accepted here when I came to replace Al Michaels in 1974 — and this is the most provincial city on God's Earth. There's no more provincial city than Cincinnati, Ohio. They embraced me. And had they not embraced me, none of that stuff would have happened for me. And I sure as heck wouldn't be standing here today talking about me being dipped in bronze as (WLWT Meteorologist Randi Rico) said."Brennaman also shared more about what the process will entail over the next few weeks as the statue prepares to get molded."Tom Tsuchiya is a good friend of mine, and he'll be doing it," the Reds broadcast legend said. "And I know that at some point, he'll have Amanda and I come to the studio or he'll come to me at my home in Anderson and we'll talk about certain things — he's a stickler for detail. And so I'm looking forward to that. And the funny thing is, the people that have been around for a million years know how I was and how I am today. I've had people say, 'Well now, is he going to be with hair or with no hair?'" And I said, 'It's going to be just like I am today.'"Brennaman added that the specific proposed location of the statue has special significance for him as well."It's even more special given the location of where it's going to be," Brennaman said. "Right at the corner of Joe Nuxhall Way and Fort Washington, where 70 percent of the people that come to a ballgame come from that gate. And it's going to be recessed back against a big, blank wall — other than the mural, there's a big baseball mural on the wall — and below that is a plaque talking about when the ballpark opened and who was on the county commission, and the whole nine yards. They're going to move that (plaque) and put it there. And I'm going to be in the same location with the two guys who were my best friends, and that's Pete Rose and Joe Morgan, so it's going to be big. It really is."Brennaman said that he anticipates being very emotional on the day the statue is going to be dedicated."I'm sure that in the old days, the last thing in the world I would ever do would be to shed a tear because I felt like that was not macho," Brennaman said. "And the older I've gotten, I can cry at door openings, the sun coming up, and I'm sure it'll be a very emotional day September the 6th." Brennaman said that while he doesn't know how much time he has left in his life, he is grateful for every moment of it, and struggles to wrap his brain around being deemed worthy by the Reds of the honor."I mean, I really have a hard time grasping it," Brennaman said. "And I've known about it for three weeks, and I had to keep it quiet for the Reds to make the announcement. And so now, there are a lot of things I can look forward to and hopefully when September the 6th rolls around, I'll still be around. I mean, I'm the healthiest 82-year-old, almost 83-year-old guy I know. But like I tell Amanda, life insurance actuaries will tell you no matter how healthy you are, you could be gone in the next two minutes. So, I'm thankful for the fact that I have the health I have and that I'll be healthy enough — God willing — to have as memorable a day as I think I'm going to have."Brennaman also recalled the moment he was told about the statue by the Reds."I couldn't talk. I couldn't talk," Brennaman said of his reaction. "They had me down here under the guise of a meeting about the Big Red Machine reunion coming up during the season. And when I came down here, they said, we got this tent over there, right close to where it's going to be — the statue — and we're getting people to talk about what Opening Day in Cincinnati means. And we're going to show it on the big board during the Opening Day game, and I said, 'Yeah, I'll be happy to.' So, Rick Walls, who heads the Reds Hall of Fame, was doing the interviewing, and he talked about the Opening Day and (asked) 'What does it mean to you?' I gave him my answer. He said, 'You know, it's amazing, but we're in an area where all these sculptures are. He said, 'You had a hand in a lot of these, didn't you?' I said, 'Yeah, I emceed every one of the events right here. At least five of them that I know about.'"That's when Walls, as well as everyone else present, told Brennaman the news."And my good friend John Burns, who is going to be a major contributor to this whole thing, was there, and he said, 'Where's yours?'" Brennaman said. "And I jokingly said, 'Mine's in the mail.' And then Rick Walls said, 'Well, no, it's not.' He said, 'Let me tell you where it's going to be.' And then Amanda started crying, and when my wife starts crying, it is a major event, because she just doesn't cry. I cry more than she does, and I knew it was big when I looked at her. And then from that point on, it's like your whole career flashes in front of you. That's happened to me twice. Once when I got the call that I was going to the broadcaster's wing of the Hall of Fame in 2000, and then when Rick said, 'We're going to do this for you.' I just didn't know what to say."The statue dedication will be held at Great American Ball Park on Sept. 6 before the first pitch on that day's game against the New York Mets. A time for the ceremony has not yet been set, but the game itself will kick off at 6:40 p.m.