We all know people in our lives who have a tough time saying no to things because they want to try to please everybody. For Good Morning Football co-host and the host of Kyle Brandt’s Basement, Kyle Brandt, he can relate when people ask him to do a new media opportunity or to make a guest appearance on a podcast.
Brandt was a guest on the most recent episode of the SI Media Podcast With Jimmy Traina and he told Traina that he has a tough time saying no to things because he knows the opportunities to do things might not always be there.
“I’m terrified of saying no to things. I can’t say no to things. I have a hard time saying no to podcasts. I really do because I know that at some point, they are going to stop asking. I don’t mean the podcasts necessarily, but the jobs won’t be there forever. It’s going to be the next cool creative person. The jobs aren’t going to be there.
“I think a lot of people in our industry, you do things maybe not because you want to or the money, I can’t say no to anything. When you get any sort of foothold or a little bit of success, learning how to say no is really difficult, but my wife pushes me to a lot. When you do it, it’s like ‘Oh my god, I actually said no to a paying job where people can listen to me talk about football or whatever’. I’m still bad at it, but that’s what leads to my schedule.”
Brandt mentioned to Traina he even struggles to say no when people ask him to come on different podcasts because of the schedule that he has and there are certain people that he will make the time for as much as he can.
“I struggle with the media stuff too because I’m in a position where people call me and ask me to be on shows as a guest. It’s awesome. There are some I try not to say no to ever. Yours, I say yes to Rich Eisen as much as I can because I have a good working relationship with Rich and I respect the hell out of him.
“I try to say yes to Le Batard, but those guys are so fun and so creative and they ask me a lot during the season and I just can’t do it. I feel like I big-time them and they are probably going to stop asking me. There are some other ones. When they call, I love those guys. If anyone else asks me, I try to. But those guys, I have a history with.”
When Brandt does come on a show, he makes it a point to prepare for whatever the topics he is going to talk about on the segment.
“I prepare for all of those. I don’t wing media appearances, even if it’s a show I have been on a thousand times, even if it’s just thinking of some remarks I’m going to make. I’m not studying the salary cap, but I know he’s going to ask about Rodgers, let me make sure I have a good line. I’ll literally write notes with a pen to prepare for podcasts.”
