Rich Eisen Quotes
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As a former stand-up comic from my University of Michigan days, the opportunity to participate in a Friars Club roast was bucket-list stuff.
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I don't think people are keen to have Coldplay tell me about Cam Newton's red zone option.
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The O. J. Simpson trial was the launching-off point for a lot of our pop culture and news culture habits and touchstones.
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Italian wines are my favorites. I like a big, booming red wine that blows your taste buds away.
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Wednesday is always a ramp-up day during Super Bowl week. This is the day that players who didn't make the big game always appear or arrive in the Super Bowl city to hawk their wares or promote a sponsor, so that's why NFL Network always holds the bulk of their coverage from Radio Row at the Super Bowl Media Center.
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We just have fun with our NFL Draft coverage because we understand that it's a long process, and there can be technical glitches that we don't profess to ignore. During our late coverage of the Draft, we sometimes get slap-happy and distort the heads of our analysts.
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In the sports world it's all about argument. It's all about having a hot take. The other person has to have the polar opposite opinion, and you bash them together. To me it is an outlier to have a conversation be the basis of why you are listening.
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I just love hanging out with good company on a great, fun golf course.
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I try to ask the questions I think fans want to hear and just have a good, relaxed conversation.
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Sports is part of the pop culture landscape in this country, just like music and television and movies.
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The Tuesday before the Super Bowl is all about the media. Well, to be honest, every day at the Super Bowl is about the media, but Tuesday of Super Bowl week is specifically called Media Day.
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There is a lot of information to know, but I prepare for the NFL Draft by coming to work every day.
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I try to put myself in the position of the fan and the fan in my position. So to be somebody in the stands and be just like everyone else as opposed to having a press pass around my neck is pretty fun.
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I love having the ability to do podcasts because of the long format, informality, and the opportunity to decide what is said, how the show is laid out, and who the guests are.
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Someone who's honest about their golf game, I think, is a person who's right in the world.
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I don't want to find out what celebrity X, who is a Browns fan, thinks of the zone blitz scheme. I don't think that's the sort of thing that I would even ask many people when they come on the show; it's very obtuse, even if they are an expert on football.
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The days of the heavyweight champion as civil rights leader are long gone. You think you'd see Ali rolling around on the floor of an ESPN Zone? I don't think so.
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We all idolize sports figures, and we see them fall from grace. You just truly never know anybody anymore.
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I'm living the dream, man.
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The days of a tennis champion as a gender rights leader are over.
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Right before I left ESPN, someone suggested doing a NFL story in the spring. The person was laughed out of the room.
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I talk about the NFL Draft on a daily basis because this is the sport I cover - this is the show I do - and I talk about everything that's taking place every single day.
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I just want to have folks be comfortable and just share and have a good conversation. To me, that's kind of a lost art.
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I love 'Game of Thrones' just as much as I love watching the NFL; I think a lot of fans do, too.