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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Rich Eisen

Fun

Myself

" 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. "

Rich Eisen

Head

Camera

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

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

Rich Eisen

Call

Ball

" 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.' "

" 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. "

Rich Eisen

Kind

Lost

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

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

" We all idolize sports figures, and we see them fall from grace. You just truly never know anybody anymore. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" The NFL has captured the casual fan. "

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

" 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. "

" Sports is part of the pop culture landscape in this country, just like music and television and movies. "

Rich Eisen

Music

Sports

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

" 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. "

" The Tuesday before the Super Bowl is all about the media. Well, to be honest, every day at the Super Bowl is about the media, but Tuesday of Super Bowl week is specifically called Media Day. "

" The O. J. Simpson trial was the launching-off point for a lot of our pop culture and news culture habits and touchstones. "

" 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. "

Rich Eisen

Time

Face

" 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. "

Rich Eisen

Age

Wine

" 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. "

" Nothing is better than getting sick kids better. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Rich Eisen

Business

People

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "