Ed Bradley Quotes

As much as I enjoy TV, I've always loved radio. And I love doing the NFL games, the Monday night games, on radio. Because you are the game. I really enjoyed calling basketball and hockey on the radio, but the presentation is more specific - you're talking all the time.

I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator.

I thought maybe I'd be a female sportscaster.

There's no experience like on-the-job training.

I had fun pretending to be a sportscaster. People always think that was a down thing for me. I had the best job in sports broadcasting for two years.

I got a chance to host the 'Late Late Show' for two nights before they hired Craig Ferguson. I enjoyed it, but nothing can replace the thrill of calling an NFC championship game or a Super Bowl or a World Series.

I realised years ago that no one really knows what they're doing and you kind of just learn by observing.

One of my main goals is to become a sports broadcaster. That is the ultimate for me.

That's basically how I learned everything as an actor. I was just a kid, and I worked with these actors, and I'd ask them questions, and then something would work for me, and I'd try to move forward with it.

I like Zach Lowe.

I love my mistakes. That's how you learn! You have to keep making mistakes. That's how you expand!

Every day, you learn something. That's the same as assistant coach and the same as a head coach. You should continue to learn. You watch so much basketball, you should see something somewhere from somebody different all the time.

I work for the BBC now. I do it because I genuinely love football.

My job in MTV was my first real presenting job and I had no real idea what I was doing, but you kind of learn just by doing.

I was a very good dribbler as a young player, but now that I've got more experience, there are some useless things that I don't do anymore.

Sometimes you don't know what is it you want to do until you try it.

I'm passionate about the game - just like the fans are, and I've coached in the league for a long time, so that's the perspective I will bring to ESPN.

Growing up, I did a lot of work that was technically based. So, I sort of feel that, no matter where you're playing, the basics are still the basics. Then it's just about adjusting on the day.

I had to go through so much trial and error to get all the whack-ness out of my system as a kid. I think everybody has to do that. You have to go through a period of failing in order to get better at it - whatever you're doing.

Even talking about serious issues - it's hard to fit in anything around calling a baseball game.

'Fail hard, fail fast, fail often. It's the key to success.' This one I learned from experience!

Do not imagine that you have to know everything before you can do anything. My own best work was done when I was most ignorant.

In spite of some bad experiences, I'm a firm believer in the trial and error method of learning.

I just try things. And the things I like, sometimes they work, and sometimes they don't. You can look at pictures where I just look terrible. But the older I get, the more I know what works. It's for the better.

Having failed as an NFL commentator, Limbaugh understands the power of football.