As a kid growing up, I was so in sync as a fan that that served me well through the years. I can feel the game.
AL MICHAELSI think the Cowboys are one of only two teams in all of sports that engender love and hate to that extreme.
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I’ve always felt that the game itself is pretty much a melody and I am there to provide the lyrics.
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You want the lyrics to match the melody, because if you are composing a song or recording a song, it’s cacophonous if they don’t match.
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And if there aren’t any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that.
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You heard it here first!’ Who cares? That’s nothing but a vanity play. If it’s not right, it’s garbage.
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Well, folks. That’s the greatest open in the history of television — bar none!
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We live in this world of tweeting, and social media, and anti-social media, and all the rest, so no matter what you say, there is going to be what people say is a firestorm. I don’t know what a firestorm is.
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I’ve always felt that I’m in a spontaneous business and if you script something, if you plan something, it will sound that way.
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If there are dominant teams, people enjoy discussing whether that’s good or bad for the game.
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People didn’t know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.
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It’s the bane of both the news and sports businesses, both electronic and print.
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There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe.
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No one is a freak of nature. No one is going to be able to take the pounding a running back has to take over a 10- or 12-year career and not lose a step.
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There are some things in life where it’s better to receive than to give, and massage is one of them.
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I always believe in miracles.
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Any time a running back reaches the age of 31 or 32, he has to lose a step.
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