Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Related Quotes:

" There's no greater cause in the world than finding cures for our sickest children. And no one does that better than St. Jude because its families never have to worry about paying the hospital for anything. "

" The raw emotion and physical nature of the NFL definitely push a lot of peoples' buttons. It's played once a week, so every game is important. "

" Thanks to the proliferation of information being consumed on mobile devices and the Internet, management changed 'SportsCenter' from being a show where highlights and storytelling ruled the day to a show where analysts ruled the day. "

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

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

" The NFL is part of the pop culture landscape, so sports fans don't bat an eye when you stop in the middle of a piece to talk about a new movie. "

" Nothing trumps good conversation. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Everybody has a corporate structure. "

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

" When I'm at the game, I try to put the fans into my shoes. I'm snapping pictures right and left. "

" The days of the heavyweight champion as civil rights leader are long gone. You think you'd see Ali rolling around on the floor of an ESPN Zone? I don't think so. "

" There are hundreds of millions of people on dating apps every day, but apparently, no such apps cater solely to sports fans. "

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

" Someone who's honest about their golf game, I think, is a person who's right in the world. "

" To be able to come out to Southern California, talk football, and have the ability to also have conversations with celebrities who love football, it's been a dream, and I never once thought, 'Well, this is a lot of pressure.' "

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

" The Draft is about the re-generation of hope and excitement for teams. Every pick your team makes could be the next Tom Brady. He could be the guy who turns around the fortune of the franchise. "

" There is a lot of information to know, but I prepare for the NFL Draft by coming to work every day. "

" 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. "

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

" So many people in my business go through W.W.C.D? What Would Costas Do? There are many things that I do on the air that make me think, 'That's not filled with much gravitas right there.' That's part of my style. "

" People are tuning in for one reason and one reason only: to find out what's happened. That's what took me a very long time at 'SportsCenter' to figure out. "

" Right before I left ESPN, someone suggested doing a NFL story in the spring. The person was laughed out of the room. "

" It's my job to take the fans sitting at home on their couch and put them in my shoes. "

" When I was at ESPN, I would say in April, 'We should be doing something on the NFL,' and they laughed at me. "

" 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. "