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"I didn't understand how important, not who you knew, how important it was to have people actually like you. I don't live a life of attempting to be liked."
"I thought I was going to be the type of person I said goodbye on one show, I'd be doing the next show the next day. Every fiber of my being wanted that to be the case too. This is when I decided to listen to other people in my life, and I'm so grateful I did."
"I want to be play-by-play. Frank Gifford, he transitioned into the play-by-play role. I would like to transition. I had nine years of watching these guys — [Mike] Tirico. And I’d like to give that a shot, man."
"ESPN NFL news has a way of cutting through everything else on the sports calendar, and Adam is a big reason our audience comes to ESPN first when it breaks."
"I just paid Shakur Stevenson a sh**load of money, and for some reason we can't figure this celebrity s**t out. They [UFC production team] put him up as a fu**ing OKC NBA player. Are you fu**ing kidding me?"
"You're the commissioner of the WNBA. What do you mean your PR people won't let you go on? It's your decision. You're their boss. So that's a total lie, total cop out."
"Transparency has value, but so does perspective. In this case, Patrick devoted far more attention to a routine media occurrence than it deserved. The story wasn’t that a guest canceled. The story became Patrick’s response to it."
"I didn't understand how important, not who you knew, how important it was to have people actually like you. I don't live a life of attempting to be liked."