I think everyone knows what it means to play a derby - it doesn't matter which derby it is.
A derby is a derby. When you play a derby, it is for winning, not just to play.
In some circles, the Mint 400 is a far, far better thing than the Superbowl, the Kentucky Derby, and the lower Oakland roller derby finals all rolled into one. This race attracts a very special breed.
Sometimes in a derby it is not always easy to see a very good game with big quality but the power of one derby means you can see good things happen after one result.
After winning the Derby aged just 18-Why all the fuss? After all, the Derby is just another race.
I've announced every kind of sporting event except hockey and demolition derby, and to be frank about it, I don't really care to ever do those.
To win the Kentucky Derby is the goal of every trainer, every hot-walker, every backside person. They may be just rubbing on a horse, or hot-walking a horse, but they wonder if they could win the Kentucky Derby.
I already know about the importance of the derby.
That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
I've won the Derby with the best horse and I've lost the Derby with the best horse.
The Manchester derby, for our supporters, is the most important game in the season. Always, a few days before the game, the people create that atmosphere that is special to them.
But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today.
I find the education I got from living in Derby and being streetwise and knowing the people that I know, the lessons that I had to learn growing up, have set me in good stead for this kind of working life.
Playing in the Manchester derby definitely helped me.
It doesn't matter how young or old you are, and whatever jersey you wear, you realise the derby games prick up the hairs on the backs of people's necks.
Every derby match is different, just like every season is different.