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

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" 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.' "

" Nothing trumps good conversation. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Nothing is better than getting sick kids better. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" The NFL has captured the casual fan. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" We just have fun with our NFL Draft coverage because we understand that it's a long process, and there can be technical glitches that we don't profess to ignore. During our late coverage of the Draft, we sometimes get slap-happy and distort the heads of our analysts. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 have a competitive streak. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Everybody is owned by somebody. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "