Audience Quote by Joel McHale

I thought I wanted to be on ESPN, but I didn't know what the heck it was. I knew it was sports television, but…

— Samantha Ponder

We at ESPN like competition. It makes us better. It makes us sharper.

— John Skipper

The wonderful thing about delivering sports commentary on NPR was that because it has such a broad audience, I was able to reach people…

— Frank Deford

Everybody is saying, 'ESPN is not cool, no one is paying attention to ESPN, they're all paying attention to the Barstools of the world.'…

— Dave Portnoy

I think one of the innate challenges that comes with being on ESPN is that it is a sports network. It is an entertainment…

— Jemele Hill

I got into sports broadcasting because I loved sports, not because I loved TV.

— Samantha Ponder

Sports is a huge entertainment now, and we need to provide that entertainment for the fans because that's what they're looking for.

— Victoria Azarenka

ESPN is all meat and potatoes. It's pretty much scouting reports. There isn't a great deal of humor, and when there is, it's pretty…

— Frank Deford

It's almost like we have ESPN.

— Magic Johnson

E-sports used to be this niche thing. We knew it was really cool, but outside of a very narrow audience you really didn't get…

— Michael Morhaime

The NFL and NBA has done a better job than we have in showing the fun side of the sport, having people talk about…

— Ken Griffey Jr

I was happy at ESPN, I was succeeding at ESPN and I love sports. But the very foundational principles, set aside politics, the bedrocks…

— Will Cain