People didn’t know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.
AL MICHAELSNo 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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It was the Buffalo Bills at the Minnesota Vikings on NBC. It went to about five markets.
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I think that’s worse than having something technologically available to you and not using it.
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The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here’s a team that seems to be jelling.
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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 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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There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe.
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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 some things in life where it’s better to receive than to give, and massage is one of them.
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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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I always believe in miracles.
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The other is the Yankees. You love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees.
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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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And I try to match where the game is with my inflection, with my – the tonal quality, with getting excited.
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When dealing in the technology, it becomes a question of whether you overuse something.
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I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons.
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