Rich Eisen

To be able to come out to Southern California, talk football, and have the ability to also have conversations with celebrities who love football, it's been a dream, and I never once thought, 'Well, this is a lot of pressure.'

Celebrities love the NFL just as much as the guy who paints his face every week.

I love having the ability to do podcasts because of the long format, informality, and the opportunity to decide what is said, how the show is laid out, and who the guests are.

I love 'Game of Thrones' just as much as I love watching the NFL; I think a lot of fans do, too.

I realized early on in my life that I couldn't hit the curve or throw the 50-yard post pattern, so talking about it would be my way in.

I'm living the dream, man.

Thanks to the proliferation of information being consumed on mobile devices and the Internet, management changed 'SportsCenter' from being a show where highlights and storytelling ruled the day to a show where analysts ruled the day.

I talk about the NFL Draft on a daily basis because this is the sport I cover - this is the show I do - and I talk about everything that's taking place every single day.

I'd call the play-by-play of the action when me and my friends played street ball.

I always thought that first jump from a small market should be as big as possible. But never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be ESPN.

The NFL is part of the pop culture landscape, so sports fans don't bat an eye when you stop in the middle of a piece to talk about a new movie.

Sports is part of the pop culture landscape in this country, just like music and television and movies.