"I think ESPN rightly wanted to own and operate and produce RedZone outright because of the galactic popularity of the show. But the NFL, for their reasons, wanted to retain control of the production of RedZone."
"We used to be a toddler, but the last couple of years we’ve outgrown our clothes a bit. That’s a compliment to what we’ve done. We’ve grown and matured quite a bit."
"My wife and my kids will forever be the priority. I’ll literally walk away from anything if I felt it was a detriment to them and my family. I got the greatest job because I don’t get flack from my bosses knowing what’s most important to me."
"I was only going to use it to mess with people. I did not plan on it being big at all. But it lends to what I do, which is find stuff. And because it’s sports, it makes it that much better for me."
"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."
"Everyone’s excited about this all the way to the top of our company. We’re going to see how this works and how it performs. From there, we’ll see what the strategy will be moving forward."
"People are very busy, but they still want to hear what I have to say. Just like I was a part of their lives growing up watching on SportsCenter, they have welcomed me into their homes in this next chapter in the same way. That’s very gratifying to me."
"I’m not satisfied with just competing. I want to win. I want our station to not just be relevant, but be one of the best sports stations in the country. We have an opportunity to do that."
"I think ESPN rightly wanted to own and operate and produce RedZone outright because of the galactic popularity of the show. But the NFL, for their reasons, wanted to retain control of the production of RedZone."