I'm comfortable with my femininity, and I don't try to change what I look like just because I'm reporting on football at the end of the night.

Theres that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

I grew up watching Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and the other guys with my dad.

We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan.

I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.

When I found out I got this job, I cried, of course - I'm a girly-girl - and then I called my dad, and he cried, too. On so many levels, this is a thrill for me.

In terms of broadcasting, you have to make decisions about where you want to spend your time.

When I'm anchoring, I miss chasing stories in the field.

Constantly there's a credibility issue; you're judged on how you look. If you look good, people assume you aren't credible. It's a battle you'll always fight if you're on TV and a female.

You just have to hope that they'll grant you an interview.

The father of Egyptology was Father Athanasius Kircher.

To speak much is one thing

If you always read the same old ideas, what progress can you make in the name of discovering new paths?

At some point reality set in. You realize that you've been holding on to someone or something until you look upon your tightly gripped fist and see nothing is there.

I will not be tortured! I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!

Love is self-realization. Love is liberation. The only way beyond time, to unravel the knot of existence, is to love.

I was very competitive. I hated losing. No matter what, I had to win.

I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.

I always believe that prices move first and fundamentals come second

That's the most important thing in art: to be aware, pay attention, be inspired - but it should come ultimately from you.