Top 104 Quotes & Sayings by Colin Cowherd - Page 2

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.

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.

Got to be honest, I don't think much of anybody that tatoos themselves several times.

I don't live in a would of looking back.

My dad was the town optometrist and my mom worked at the school.

I was Mike Schmidt without any of the power.

Disney hovers over every decision at ESPN.

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.

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.

I'm in talk radio. A story breaks, I need an opinion. I'm not ESPN News.

I really latched on to announcers who were good storytellers.

Listen, when John Wall came out and did the Dougie, first home game, for 34 seconds, he was a moron. It's the dumbest thing I've ever seen. I will never back down.

Most announcers over talk. I'm in the opinion space so I talk all day, but play-by-play guys generally over talk.

Big game? I'll take Cam Newton over Aaron Rodgers.

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.

This radio business I'm in is full of guys who read the sports page and rip crap off.

Quarterback in the NFL is a public position.

I had great high school coaches.

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.

Troy Aikman has always felt like a Dallas Cowboy to me.

Tom Brady is fun and happy. Boston is cranky and intense.

It's amazing what good coaching can do to a team.

Defense wins at every level.

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.

I don't worry about what I said, I worry about what I'm saying tomorrow.

I try to broaden every discussion out, make it very relatable to fans.

August 1 is the beginning of football season to me.

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 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.

I've always been very outspoken and very risk oriented.

I think you have to constantly challenge your staff. I have to challenge myself; you get more interesting answers that way.

From Cape Cod to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is home to some of the country's most sought-after summer refuges.

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.

Southern California and Las Vegas are my kind of places.

Parlays are for suckers and college kids.

All-Star games don't resonate with me.

I've never been a big fan of Cam Newton's.

I never go on the air and lie.

I don't mind long, extended trips to warm weather destinations.

Two things make smart men stupid, beautiful women and sports

I never tell the audience what to think of me. When I talk, how you consume it is up to you.

I just don't think the Bob Costas, Joe Buck - I don't think that the people that rise to the highest - Jim Nantz, Mike Tirico - need a schtick. I just think Brent Musburger is really good.

Don't let people with no life ruin yours.