"Jimmy was a great friend. Jimmy did the best that he could. Jimmy was talented. Jimmy had great intentions… Jimmy I just want to say job well done and we will miss you and certainly loved you."
"I don't know if I'm at liberty to say which games I'm doing, but I love calling games. Nothing like being at the stadium, nothing like being involved with a broadcast. I just dig it."
Al Michaels recognizes he is stepping into a big unknown with his role as the play-by-play announcer of a strictly streaming NFL package.
Michaels, speaking...
"I mean, it's Football Night in America," Berry perked up. "It's the second-highest rated show, not sports show, the second-highest rated show in all of television. Second only to the actual game itself."
“The older I got, the more I found myself more of the sports media than the games sometimes. ESPN and SportsCenter was a huge part of my life back in the day before the internet. It's always been there and has always been an interest.”