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" A lot of celebrities promote their films to entertainment reporters and feel like they need to entertain them. "

" As a former stand-up comic from my University of Michigan days, the opportunity to participate in a Friars Club roast was bucket-list stuff. "

" Being a huge football fan, the chance to work for the NFL and do a show combining sports and entertainment is truly a dream come true. "

" By the time I left ESPN in 2003, 'SportsCenter' had become a far different show than the one I initially joined in 1996. "

" Celebrities love the NFL just as much as the guy who paints his face every week. "

" Everybody has a corporate structure. "

" Everybody is owned by somebody. "

" Good late-night humor can work at any time of the day. "

" I always thought that first jump from a small market should be as big as possible. But never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be ESPN. "

" I am definitely not the first person with a sports program to have a Hollywood star come on, but I don't know of any that does it as a staple of the program, which is something we are trying to do. "

" I'd call the play-by-play of the action when me and my friends played street ball. "

" I don't think people are keen to have Coldplay tell me about Cam Newton's red zone option. "

" I don't want to find out what celebrity X, who is a Browns fan, thinks of the zone blitz scheme. I don't think that's the sort of thing that I would even ask many people when they come on the show; it's very obtuse, even if they are an expert on football. "

" I had doors slammed in my face; I had a lot of news directors who wouldn't give me the time of day. Some told me I wouldn't have a future in the business. "

" I have a competitive streak. "

" I have some guests who get angry when they don't get to talk about sports and have to talk about the project they are promoting. "

" I just love hanging out with good company on a great, fun golf course. "

" I just want to have folks be comfortable and just share and have a good conversation. To me, that's kind of a lost art. "

" I love 'Game of Thrones' just as much as I love watching the NFL; I think a lot of fans do, too. "

" I love having the ability to do podcasts because of the long format, informality, and the opportunity to decide what is said, how the show is laid out, and who the guests are. "

" I'm a fine wine: I just get better with age. Actually, I'm like the Benjamin Button of the Combine. The older I get, the younger I look and feel. "

" I might have been one of the first 'SportsCenter' anchors that complained that I wrote this great lead-in setting up a highlight, and that as I'm doing it, on camera, the final score is scrolling underneath my head. "

" I'm living the dream, man. "

" In broadcasting, you're pretty much married to your job. "

" In the sports world it's all about argument. It's all about having a hot take. The other person has to have the polar opposite opinion, and you bash them together. To me it is an outlier to have a conversation be the basis of why you are listening. "

" I realized early on in my life that I couldn't hit the curve or throw the 50-yard post pattern, so talking about it would be my way in. "

" Italian wines are my favorites. I like a big, booming red wine that blows your taste buds away. "

" I talk about the NFL Draft on a daily basis because this is the sport I cover - this is the show I do - and I talk about everything that's taking place every single day. "

" I try to ask the questions I think fans want to hear and just have a good, relaxed conversation. "

" I try to put myself in the position of the fan and the fan in my position. So to be somebody in the stands and be just like everyone else as opposed to having a press pass around my neck is pretty fun. "

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