Quotes from Michelle Beadle

I am thrilled to join the NBCUniversal family and to have the opportunity to work alongside many of the most talented and accomplished individuals in the business.

I think being somewhat of a workaholic - and it's not healthy by any stretch - but I think you place your self-worth on your career, and as far as I was concerned, my career was crap.

We're not all Kim Kardashian. We can't have $15,000 from head to toe every single day.

I have a ton of great girlfriends in this business.

I'm not a reporter, so I get to say whatever - and then I'll get called into the office.

If some idiot with lip gloss is telling me how awesome Lindsay Lohan is, I'm like, 'No, Lindsay is not awesome.'

I live a much more interesting life in other people's minds.

I love clothes, but when it comes down to actually getting dressed, I usually just wear ZARA sweatshirts, jeans and the same pair of boots I've had for seven years, every single day of my life.

I've been reading everything from serious articles about track to Ryan Lochte's single life.

But I've never been the type to be sloppy drunk in public.

There's just something about fresh tortillas.

I don't go to events to have my picture taken. I don't really care if my name is mentioned on a blog. It's not my thing.

I never saw how going back to a job I loved at the No. 1 sports network in the world could be seen as a step backwards. There are people on Twitter that think it is.

I've been chubby, I've been skinny, I've been considered ugly, I've been considered cute... It runs the gamut and all of those things are very humbling.

I love Paul Heyman, I think he's the most talented speaker.

My big thing is I like to be in a spot where I can have an opinion every single day, and I'm hoping to keep that going because, you know, it's not normal yet for women in this business to have an opinion, and I was very grateful that I got to do that.

I can't pretend that I haven't been a Spurs fan for 30 years.

If you're not going to love the Spurs, just don't talk smack to me about it. And if you're going to talk smack to me about it, be funny.

When I talk about the Spurs in different states, people don't get it. But it's a cool team to root for. I've been a fan since I was young.

I don't watch sports through the eyes of a stats nerd or an anger monger. I truly love stories and characters and the flash and the sexiness of it all.

But I'm always, always, always excited about new things.

My favorite part of being a sportscaster is the access afforded us to some of the greatest moments in sports. Mine came when I was on the sidelines at the Rose Bowl when Vince Young carried the Longhorns to a fantastic win over Colin's USC Trojans.

Moving back to New York is perhaps what I'm most excited about. Alternate side of the road parking. Flip flops on the subway. And any food I want, delivered. Sometimes more than once a day.

It's an L.A. thing. This is not a town where all the dudes love sports necessarily. I don't need you to love sports 24-7, but I kind of need you to know a little bit and it's a weird place for that.