What kept me going through all the years? More than anything, the love of and respect for competition. That's what it comes down to for me. That's why I do this.

I don't know if everybody is ready to hear a woman tell them so-and-so is going to run off left tackle. But you know what? They're going to hear it.

I went to the top of the Cotton Bowl by myself, sat down and cried.

Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.

For years, I stored my sweaters in the oven.

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.

The three most important things for a sportscaster are knowledge of the game, a passion for sports and the profession, and the stamina to struggle.

That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest.

Love as if life is forever. Life without love has nothing to share.

There are two futures, the future of desire and the future of fate, and man's reason has never learned to separate them.

As you begin to look deeply into the mystery of your own evolution, in place of good and evil you will find only stories, finished or unfinished.

You become a true philanthropist only when you empty yourself to be a blessing to others without expecting anything in return

Neruda had his first dream, First meeting with the Moon and the Sun In sunny La Mancha, hiding in his heart, Where he learned how to sing like a nightingale.

Reason and speech we onely bring.

No hot guys should be allowed to have an English accent and drive a motorcycle. Not to mention wear the leather jacket or sport the cool shades. Hot guys should be forced into footie pajamas.

Real people aren't perfect; they fall down and mess up and screw up. Those are the kind of people that I look to, and I've always aspired to just be authentic.

Most progress is most failure.

At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.