"We try our best to respect the game and showcase and display it in a fashion that might be a little bit more appetizing for a different group of people that are watching alongside the best play commentators on Earth."
"I don’t agree with a lot of people or a lot of things that people say. I don’t believe that’s a reason to hate them, any more than I want that to be a reason for them to hate me.”
"I knew if I was going to be successful, I had to be passionate; I had to want to get out of bed and go full speed every day. I didn't have that with the practice of law."
"Like right is right, wrong is wrong. We don't have to go on here and just say 'oh you know what I'm just gonna stay on this because that's what the hood wants me to do.'"
"You come to me and you tell me that something is affecting the bottom line, I’m all ears. Because we’re in this together, and it’s a business relationship and I understand that. That doesn’t mean you own my thinking."
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