"I don't want to put nobody's agency on blast. But y'all know who you are. Y'all know we've reached out, and you made it abundantly clear you're not gonna let your clients come on the show."
"A GoFundMe from the David Benzer Strike Out Fear Foundation is helping cover his medical and recovery expenses. Media members are encouraged to help."
"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."
"The point of creating and distributing content is to serve it to an audience that values it, and connect partners to it who can grow their businesses by being associated with it."
"Nobody in the sports media business who values the truth should feel good about reporters failing to report the Kyle Shanahan or LeBron James stories in real time."
"The same clips that invite criticism also introduce your work to thousands of potential new listeners, viewers, and subscribers who otherwise may never discover your show. In today's media landscape, discovery rarely begins with a radio dial or a podcast app. It begins with an algorithm."
"After 30 years in sports media, the most valuable lesson I've learned is also the simplest. The audience falls in love with people. The business falls in love with numbers, and the numbers always win."
"Far too many were eager to mock a staged wrestling angle, a promotional appearance, or a calculated branding move that they overlooked what was actually happening."