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Al Michaels
American
Entertainer
Born:
Nov 12
,
1944
Football
Game
People
Time
Will
You
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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.
Al Michaels
Life
Good
You
Entrepreneur
Complaining
Become
Damn
Out
Someone
Through
Employee
Always
Am
Go
Been
Getting
Either
Working
Your
Paycheck
Who
But we're not supposed to talk anything besides football.
Al Michaels
Besides
Football
Supposed
Talk
Anything
Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, is right there... she's in town because her father was at Johnson Smith College... and she was delivering a speech there.
Al Michaels
Father
College
National
Security
Johnson
Delivering
Town
She
Smith
Adviser
Because
Condoleezza
Condoleezza Rice
National Security
Rice
Her
Right
Speech
I've always felt that I'm in a spontaneous business and if you script something, if you plan something, it will sound that way.
Al Michaels
You
Business
Will
Way
Something
Spontaneous
Felt
Always
Sound
Script
Plan
When it comes down to it, I'm thinking about football all the time. When I'm on the golf course, I'm thinking about it. It's never out of your brain.
Al Michaels
Time
Down
Thinking
Out
About
Never
Football
Course
Brain
Golf
Golf Course
Your
If I see something dubious, say on a blog or a Web site, and I don't see it anywhere else, I'll just go right to the source and check it out.
Al Michaels
Else
Say
Out
See
Web
Web Site
Something
Check
Dubious
Go
Blog
Source
Site
Just
Anywhere
Anywhere Else
Right
I will never repeat something verbatim on the air unless I know it's accurate. And when you go to the source, sometimes there's a better story beyond the original story. That happens all the time.
Al Michaels
Time
You
Better
Sometimes
Will
Unless
Air
Something
Never
Beyond
Know
Go
Repeat
Source
Accurate
Happens
Story
Original
The game is No. 1. You are an adjunct to the game. In a studio, there is no game. You are the star. That's why you are there. For the game, you can't go away from the game and beat your chest. People are there to watch the game. You are there to supplement, not to override or overwhelm.
Al Michaels
You
Game
People
Go Away
Adjunct
Beat
Supplement
Studio
Go
Chest
Override
Overwhelm
Your
Star
Why
Away
Watch
Nobody wants to see teams out of contention showcased in December and January. I'm sure this is something that will be discussed again this off-season.
Al Michaels
Will
Out
See
Something
Nobody
Sure
Contention
Off-Season
Discussed
December
Wants
Again
January
Teams
Any time a running back reaches the age of 31 or 32, he has to lose a step. No one is a freak of nature. No one is going to be able to take the pounding a running back has to take over a 10- or 12-year career and not lose a step.
Al Michaels
Time
Nature
Age
Lose
Back
Running
Freak
Able
Pounding
Take
No-One
He
Step
Over
Any
Going
Career
I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons.
Al Michaels
Believe
Enough
Back
Over
Couple
Still
Tank
Left
Next
Productive
Seasons
If there are dominant teams, people enjoy discussing whether that's good or bad for the game, and if there aren't any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that.
Al Michaels
Good
Game
People
Enjoy
Bad
Dominant
Discussing
Any
Whether
Then
Teams
Living here in southern California, I'll miss hearing Rocky Top for an entire week at the end of December. I was actually looking forward to it. Tennessee has a better fight song than Nebraska.
Al Michaels
Fight
Song
Better
Looking
Living
Top
Entire
Week
Tennessee
Miss
Looking Forward
California
Hearing
Rocky
End
Southern
Than
Southern California
December
Forward
Actually
Nebraska
Here
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