I think the Cowboys are one of only two teams in all of sports that engender love and hate to that extreme.
AL MICHAELSIf there are dominant teams, people enjoy discussing whether that’s good or bad for the game.
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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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There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe.
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Do you believe in miracles?
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It was the Buffalo Bills at the Minnesota Vikings on NBC. It went to about five markets.
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People didn’t know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.
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The other is the Yankees. You love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees.
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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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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.
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And I try to match where the game is with my inflection, with my – the tonal quality, with getting excited.
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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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It’s funny, but when there are dominant teams, there are a number of people who rail about the fact that they’re always seeing the Dallas Cowboys or the San Francisco 49ers or the Green Bay either in the playoffs or in the Super Bowl.
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When dealing in the technology, it becomes a question of whether you overuse something.
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I think that’s worse than having something technologically available to you and not using it.
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Those three words, Monday Night Football, resonate like no other.
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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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