Tag: Jimmy Pitaro

"I trusted him. He believed in me tirelessly. He put me front and center with everything. I've never had an executive believe in me as much as he did."

"Bill was a remarkable man – a visionary and an innovator who conceived the idea of a network entirely devoted to sports."

"We have seen increases directly attributable to that enhancement that we expect to continue, but we won’t see a big year-to-year bump."

"It's in such stark contrast to when I was at ESPN. You weren't even supposed to be mentioning politics. When things were getting too left at ESPN, too liberal, it was because people were speaking up for black athletes. We weren't going to Barack Obama's birthday party."

"We had to make some difficult decisions about job impacts that we will be communicating today."

"We had the World Cup for two decades and it was a big part of ESPN’s identity and DNA. Of course we’re interested."

"Working at ESPN, you’re working with arguably the best people in the industry. Because of that, a great deal of our goals were accomplished through collective effort and teamwork. It’s nice to sit back and reflect on the things we accomplished as a team together."

"ESPN, regardless of the rights we have, we’re still the best. We still do this better than anyone else, with the best people."

"The film accurately captures the amazing story and fans will love it. My thanks to ESPN for their support in the production and all the pioneers who shared their stories. I am looking forward to watching it nearly fifty years after we created it."

"I don't even try to consider myself that half the time. I work. I put in the work, and the people decide who the face is."