Colin Cowherd
If you look at women in sports, they generally have to be more qualified because it is kind of a man's world. Guys will give guys a lot more breaks than a woman. I'd argue that women make fewer mistakes and are held to a higher standard. I think the ultimate respect you can pay to a woman in my business is you're my equal.Collection: Respect
This radio business I'm in is full of guys who read the sports page and rip crap off.Collection: Sports
My parenting philosophy pretty much boils down to this: I love my kids; I tolerate yours. Mine just make common, age-appropriate mistakes - phases, let's call them - while your kids are completely undisciplined and probably need counseling.Collection: Parenting
I had great high school coaches.
If I had gone to a big network at age 28, I'd have been a big failure. I wasn't ready and needed to make a decade of mistakes.
Derek Jeter always felt like New York: the good-looking single guy for all those years. He felt like a Yankee.
Troy Aikman has always felt like a Dallas Cowboy to me.
Tom Brady is fun and happy. Boston is cranky and intense.
Tom Brady is aspirational. He married a supermodel. He's creating a global brand. He has houses in Costa Rica, Montana. Tom's always been about growth and evolving. That's not Boston.
Andy Reid really dominated the NFC with Donovan McNabb as his best quarterback, got to a Super Bowl. Then he goes to the AFC, wins with Alex Smith. He's won with five or six quarterbacks.
When I poked Baker Mayfield in the ribs - police video, height - poked him in the ribs, kind of a reach. Oh, it bothered him. He fired back every time. Every time. Because Baker was not ready to go from best college team to lousy NFL team. That's a certain level maturity and self-esteem that few have.
Bob Rondeau was a seminal voice in my young broadcasting career. The two people that I really monitored were Vin Scully and Bob Rondeau. And they both had an amazing talent. They were word efficient.
I really latched on to announcers who were good storytellers.
Most announcers over talk. I'm in the opinion space so I talk all day, but play-by-play guys generally over talk.
Bob Rondeau - he'll never know this - but he was so instrumental. He is a legend to me and had a major impact in my life.
I have high hopes for my kids, and I'll defend them to the death.
From Cape Cod to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is home to some of the country's most sought-after summer refuges.
Defense wins at every level.
All-Star games don't resonate with me.
I don't worry about what I said, I worry about what I'm saying tomorrow.
Wild card teams usually have some flaws or they wouldn't be one.
I don't live in a would of looking back.
I try to be honest and work hard. That's the only two things I worry about.
Southern California and Las Vegas are my kind of places.
August 1 is the beginning of football season to me.
Got to be honest, I don't think much of anybody that tatoos themselves several times.
Quarterback in the NFL is a public position.
I've always been very outspoken and very risk oriented.
I was Mike Schmidt without any of the power.
I don't mind long, extended trips to warm weather destinations.
It's amazing what good coaching can do to a team.
Parlays are for suckers and college kids.
I don't see myself as subversive. I just don't necessarily buy what people tell me initially.
I think you have to constantly challenge your staff. I have to challenge myself; you get more interesting answers that way.
I don't think that doing things a certain way because they've always been done that way is smart. I don't think you grow that way.
I never go on the air and lie.
I try to broaden every discussion out, make it very relatable to fans.
New York is a highly educated city. People who are educated generally go to college. People who go to college who are men love college football.
I've never been a big fan of Cam Newton's.
Big game? I'll take Cam Newton over Aaron Rodgers.
The hardest working guy when I got into this business was Jim Rome... That guy grinds it every day. You don't know anybody that works like him.
Disney hovers over every decision at ESPN.
I can't control myself. I wish I could. I've gone to parties, I've gone to games, and I drive home and think, 'God, can't you just not argue for once? Can't you just take what people give you and be happy with their answer?'
I think when you host a radio show, just like Jon Stewart hosts a show, I think sometimes I bring up stuff... that makes people cringe.
Home field advantage can be overrated in the NFL because veteran players aren't bothered by it. Home-field advantage is a bigger deal in college.
I am not a friend of eSports. It's the same with professional wrestling - it's for booger eaters.
Joe Burrow's self-esteem - and this is really important - is tied to what Joe Burrow thinks of himself. It is about confidence, focus, judgement, maturity.
I wish everybody in the world liked me, but a lot of them don't. That's because my whatever - my weakness, my vulnerability, my ego, whatever it is.
It's baseball. You don't think a general manager can manage? Like it's impossible? The game is too complex? I've never bought into that, 'Baseball's just too complex.' Really? A third of the sport is from the Dominican Republic.
I have never really had any ugly confrontations, other than Bobby Knight, and that was before I was doing sports talk radio. He is just a very difficult guy.