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"There was one soft toss to the President. What would you do about this? He started rambling about how the Gamecocks are good and the NFL kickoff rule. It was just bad."

"It’s the President of the United States requesting to come on a college football show that didn’t exist five and a half years ago. That’s why we did it."

"Over the past decade, the number of sports-formatted AM/FM stations has climbed 14%, while revenue shares, as measured by Miller Kaplan, have surged 38%."

"The amount of work that was involved for that guy and the grace with which he handles himself is incredible."

"Simply, I’m always just a massive fan of tennis. I’m very excited to join the ESPN tennis team and look forward to covering the two biggest tournaments in the world."

"You don’t even hear me making excuses on a lot of those things that people crush the NBA for. But then we’ll get to the Stanley Cup, and it’ll get a sixth of the rating that the NBA Finals get."

"Maybe the new number one seed of sports broadcasters. Bob Costas had it back in the day. Then Jim Nantz, and now I think Mike Trico has the gold."

"Schmidt appeared in just four games last season, including the regular-season finale against the Minnesota Twins on September 28."

"I’m very fortunate, and all things are good."

"If the league aggressively markets the rivalries born in Milan Cortina, the personalities that emerged on the Olympic stage and the playoff races about to heat up back home, this can become more than a two-week spike. It can become a bridge."