Quotes from Colin Cowherd

Derek Jeter always felt like New York: the good-looking single guy for all those years. He felt like a Yankee.

Do I think he's got character? Yeah. You don't play defense like that without deeply caring about teammates... John Wall plays real defense. He's got real character.

Leadership is IQ, it's not skills.

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 think when you host a radio show, just like Jon Stewart hosts a show, I think sometimes I bring up stuff... that makes people cringe.

My parenting philosophy pretty much boils down to this: I love my kids; I tolerate yours. Mine just make common, age-appropriate mistakes - phases, let's call them - while your kids are completely undisciplined and probably need counseling.

The demographics of this country are changing. And the people coming to this country are soccer fans, not hockey fans.

Soccer has surpassed, in this country, hockey.

A soccer star is on the field for two hours. In hockey, your star player is on the ice for 20 minutes.

I was Mike Schmidt without any of the power.

Twitter has created a certain momentum that is not always fact-based. I worry about that because I still live in a world where you need to have two sources.

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.

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.

To me, radio is about making you uncomfortable. Television is about making you comfortable: Who do you like? Who do you want to be friends with? So I don't need to tower over people in television.

Talent? Overrated. Leadership? Underrated.

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

People ask me, 'What's it like to leave ESPN?' and I say, 'I'm not leaving ESPN. I'm leaving ESPNU.' That's what I was on. That network doesn't even have a sales staff.

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.

Two things make smart men stupid, beautiful women and sports

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

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

I mean ESPN plucked me out of nowhere and I'm forever grateful for the opportunity. I don't love the way it ended. But I'm not a grudge-holder.

The NFL is one of the first places where many star players finally see discipline. Finally have an authoritative male figure: Buck stops here, I make all the calls, you will not get an opinion.

I really latched on to announcers who were good storytellers.