"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."
In addition to his work as the New York Yankees television play-by-play announcer, the Kay has worked with former Yankee Alex Rodriguez on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball simulcast the "KayRod Cast".
Over the years, Johnson was encouraged by his colleagues to do more in the industry while his bosses discouraged him from trying new things. In fact, in 2004, both a boss and a co-worker told him that he would scare white people if he started hosting, as there were no Black radio hosts that were not former athletes at that time.
"About, maybe, 10 shows into it, Kevin Kay -- the former President of Spike -- comes to me and says 'Listen, from now on, you can't talk about the UFC'."
"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."