I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.

Theres that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

I grew up watching Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and the other guys with my dad.

We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan.

When I found out I got this job, I cried, of course - I'm a girly-girl - and then I called my dad, and he cried, too. On so many levels, this is a thrill for me.

In terms of broadcasting, you have to make decisions about where you want to spend your time.

I'm comfortable with my femininity, and I don't try to change what I look like just because I'm reporting on football at the end of the night.

When I'm anchoring, I miss chasing stories in the field.

Constantly there's a credibility issue; you're judged on how you look. If you look good, people assume you aren't credible. It's a battle you'll always fight if you're on TV and a female.

You just have to hope that they'll grant you an interview.

And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You can never read too many books.

I am fully persuaded to pursue my passion.

The threat of failure shouldn't kill the fun of dreaming.

The first years of man must make provision for the last.

Sometimes we overcomplicate living the gospel.

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other.

The Labor Party is a party of conviction. The Liberal Party is a party of convenience.

I can't walk down the street with my head up. I'm not a hat wearer, but now I'm a hat wearer.

I would love to play your common, everyday guy, but I never get cast as that.