“As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.”

“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.”

“I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things.”

“I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.”

“And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that time.”

“Sports broadcasting is very open now. In the beginning you did encounter more traditional attitudes and get comments. But I'm talking about 12 years ago.”

“The cardinal sin in sports, what could really wreck it, is not cheating to win, which has gone on forever, but cheating to lose. That threatens a fundamental aspect of sports' appeal, which is their spontaneity. If games are fixed, they're no different from movies they're scripted.”

“I play sports.”

“Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.”