Quotes from Cris Collinsworth

The one thing I learned from five years of law school is that I definitely didn't want to be an attorney.

I'm thoroughly convinced that people want info-tainment.

You really don't get into a groove until you play two or three games.

Doing the games for the NFL Network on Thursday night on a short week, that's work.

I've said all along that someday I wanted to go back home and play in Flordia. I played high school and college ball in Flordia and all my ties are back home.

It seems every white receiver has the same thing said about him: He's supposed to be good on third and five. He's supposed to run good pass routes.

It's always irked me that they always say the white receiver has great hands or runs great routes or is a possession receiver.

I think free agency changed the league more than the money. Teams had to build better facilities, coaches had to develop more personal relationships with the players and recruiting became such a big part of winning and losing.

I believe in Daniel Snyder. I believe in his great passion for the Washington Redskins.

I don't think anybody could understand what its like to be an athlete at Harvard University.

Daniel Jones has enough skills to play in the NFL at a high level.

Whether it's Al Michaels, when the earthquake happened in San Francisco and his ability to handle it like Walter Cronkite would have handled it, or Bob Costas with his overview of what's happening with worldly events at the Olympics and the perspective that he has there, you know these guys are so well read.

Lots of guys have tried to impersonate John Madden and it just doesn't work.

I have so much respect for the country, I don't like blanket indictments. There's a lot of really great things about this country.

I thank goodness every day that I played in the no-huddle, and it was Sam Wyche in Cincinnati who's really one of the innovators of the no-huddle.

I like girls that aren't too bright because you can trick 'em a little bit.

The smartest guys are the best broadcasters.

Football is much more than 1,500 N.F.L. players. You've got to realize that the N.F.L. sets the standard for young players. Whatever they see on TV, that's what football is.

You don't name something after something derogatory. You wouldn't name your child something derogatory. You wouldn't name your team something derogatory.

The funny thing about this business is the only time I get praised is for being critical, but I don't want that to be my sole reputation as an announcer.

Every year at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, PFF meets with nearly every team.

Some people were arrogant jerks when they made $50,000 and some are arrogant jerks making $25 million. People are people, but 95 percent of NFL players are great guys.

There aren't many people in the world that were on television in the history of God's green earth talking to 110 million people.

Trai Turner does some things that really turn your head.