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 had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league, and I stood up in the top of the stands and I called the game.
I can't fight forever. Commentating is one of those major things that I definitely feel I want to do and can do.
I've called all sports. I was a radio DJ, club DJ, talk show host, hockey, basketball, football; you name it, I've done it.
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've announced every kind of sporting event except hockey and demolition derby, and to be frank about it, I don't really care to ever do those.
One of my main goals is to become a sports broadcaster. That is the ultimate for me.
I wanted to be a sports broadcaster like Stephen A. Smith.
If you're the play-by-play announcer, I think it's your job to be better than just saying what's on people's TV screen.
I never watched TV because I was always doing a game. I didn't have any experience to be home watching games. I didn't know how to do it. Brent Musburger and those guys could sit and watch every game and know the scores. And I was amazed and said, 'I'd like to have something like that someday.'
I think I can go on the record and say this: I am the only player in the history of the NFL that has called an NFL game that was not a broadcast bootcamp graduate. And with that being said, that also means I have no clue what the hell to do.
Al Michaels is a good announcer. I think Keith Jackson is a terrific announcer. I always loved him on Monday Night Football. I never understood why they got rid of him.
But maybe someday I'll be reporting on the sidelines instead of dancing on the sidelines.
I thought maybe I'd be a female sportscaster.
