Al Michaels Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“When it comes down to it, I'm thinking about football all the time. When I'm on the golf course, I'm thinking about it. It's never out of your brain.”

“If there are dominant teams, people enjoy discussing whether that's good or bad for the game, and if there aren't any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that.”

“Monday Night Football started in 1970, and when it started, it was something extremely special because sports had not been aired in prime time. So, it was a novelty, and a lot of people thought it wouldn't work, and, of course, it worked spectacularly well.”

“When dealing in the technology, it becomes a question of whether you overuse something. I think that's worse than having something technologically available to you and not using it.”

“You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.”

“But we're not supposed to talk anything besides football.”

“I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons.”

“People know me from a hockey game, from an earthquake, from the O.J case.”

“Any time a running back reaches the age of 31 or 32, he has to lose a step. No one is a freak of nature. No one is going to be able to take the pounding a running back has to take over a 10- or 12-year career and not lose a step.”

“I did the 1972 Sapporo Games, and I was also the Reds announcer and was folded into the NBC coverage for the 1972 World Series. I also did the 1979 World Series for ABC.”