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“It’s just been such a pleasure [over] the last couple of weeks to really be part of something that’s growing and also knowing that everybody who’s in the building is coming from very established backgrounds."

“I certainly wasn’t more talented but I just believed you could build relationships and you could outwork people."

“Not saying they aren’t passionate in Atlanta…let me be clear… they’re very passionate in Atlanta, but in Philadelphia, it’s just different man."

"It wasn’t necessarily the glitz and glamor. It was the relationships; it was the preparation; it was the craft.”

“I think the key to doing a national game is not sounding like you’re parachuting in. You need to sound like you have your finger on the pulse of what’s been happening."

"We want people who do their homework, who come on the air, tell great stories, make the audience think and react and really make people smarter while entertaining them.”

“Mistakes are not acceptable. Not that anybody is standing there and hitting you over the head if you make a mistake, but you have to strive for perfection. You want to bring the best out of yourself and to the broadcast, and I think that’s always been the case.”

“My parents told me early, ‘If you want to do this, do it, but you’ve got to go at it [with] full force; you can’t be lazy; you’ve got to take every opportunity that comes.'"

"We’re going to give it all we have – 100% like we always do – but this is a great opportunity for us as a station and [for] these shows.”

“I don’t know how I would do it if we didn’t have a calendar on your cell phone. I don’t know how I would have done it before that.”