"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."
"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."
"Through our new partnership with CBS Sports and Paramount+, we are excited to bring every match to fans across the United States with world-class coverage."
"The day we announced that we did a $7.7 billion deal, the executives at the NFL said, "How the f**k did we not get this money, and how did we not know that kind of money was sitting open."
"According to Paramount+, of that 8.2 million average, 7 million viewers came from the U.S. and 1.2 million from Latin America. Additionally, the event reached 17 million total unique viewers — those who watched at least one minute of the broadcast."
"I just got off the phone with David Ellison [Founder and CEO of Skydance Media]. He's going crazy. Out of the gates from the first fight, the fight exceeded all their expectations."
"Whether people love it, hate it, or are simply curious about it, they're going to be talking about it. That's exactly why CBS should want it on broadcast television."
"We have found that on average, the folks watching UFC on Paramount+ are 15 years younger than our average audience before UFC, so for us that’s a massive unlock."
"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."
"What I saw was part circus, part radio festival, and part New England sports fans reunion. I couldn't help but sit there and think about how radio should be taking notes."