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" 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. "

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" 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 have a competitive streak. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Nothing is better than getting sick kids better. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Nothing trumps good conversation. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Wednesday is always a ramp-up day during Super Bowl week. This is the day that players who didn't make the big game always appear or arrive in the Super Bowl city to hawk their wares or promote a sponsor, so that's why NFL Network always holds the bulk of their coverage from Radio Row at the Super Bowl Media Center. "

" What better way to have somebody promote their movie, their show, or their album than to come on in a relaxed, easy environment and show their fans that they are just like them? "

" 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. "