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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

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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.' "

" The days of a tennis champion as a gender rights leader are over. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 is owned by somebody. "

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

" 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. "

" The NFL has captured the casual fan. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" Sports is the ultimate escape, the ultimate in reality programming. It's true drama. You really don't know what's going to happen. "