Stephen Rodrick Quotes

ESPN has this problem with sports, it's impossible to fill 24 hours with sports programming so they have to resort to things like poker and arm wrestling tournaments.

I watch a lot of ESPN. I just kind of keep it on for long periods of time and watch guys yell at each other about sports things.

One of the best ones out there was a guy named Howard Cosell. He was the best.

ESPN is a very, very good operation, and it's a gold mine. It's an even bigger gold mine than Fox News.

My favorite commentator, NBA-wise, is probably Doris Burke.

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

Even as voters, we try to keep up with the guys as much as possible, mainly through television or ESPN.

A lot of people don't realize that I started my career in sports and was a sports reporter long before I was on television. I used to be an NBA reporter and an NHL reporter.

I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.

Over the years, I've enjoyed working for WFAN and MSG - two sports giants in the industry. There couldn't be a better fit due to the long-standing history both entities have had with NY sports.

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 watch ESPN all day long.

I really like ESPN. They do a great job.

E! didn't like it when we'd make fun of clips from ESPN - they'd be like, 'That's sports! That's not our audience!'

Sanitizing ESPN of politics and opinion would make it a relic; sports fans have dozens of places online to go for scores and highlights.

The only thing better than working for Connor Schell and Kevin Wildes is being able to spend each day with all of the incredibly talented people at 'NBA Countdown' and 'SportsNation.' It's the best job in sports.

I have such respect for the guys at ESPN.

If you're a sports fan and you're home and you're washing dishes, usually your TV is on ESPN and you're just getting the highlights and keeping up-to-date with all of the sports going around, all of the news.

One of my first heroes was Jim Robson, the hall-of-fame broadcaster with the Canucks and Hockey Night in Canada, and Jim Ross with the WWE and Howard Cosell was a big influence on me.

Right before I left ESPN, someone suggested doing a NFL story in the spring. The person was laughed out of the room.

Watch me on CNN/SI. Check out clips from 'Quite Frankly.' I've always been Stephen A. Smith. I've been this way since the day I was born.

I like Zach Lowe.

When I became a presenter, Bob Wilson was the only other ex-sportsman doing it.

ESPN truly is a game changer and has the ability to unite the world through sports, which is something I'm incredibly passionate about.

By the time I left ESPN in 2003, 'SportsCenter' had become a far different show than the one I initially joined in 1996.