"I didn't want to be one of those guys who said, ‘Well, thanks to The Athletic for a wonderful experience,’ because quite frankly, that would be a lie.”
"I'm not going to show up at 1:45 or 1:55 on Friday. I'm not like, 'Well, double birds, I'm out.' I get an opportunity to spend the next three days saying goodbye to you guys.”
"I think ESPN rightly wanted to own and operate and produce RedZone outright because of the galactic popularity of the show. But the NFL, for their reasons, wanted to retain control of the production of RedZone."