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

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

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

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" Everybody has a corporate structure. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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