118 Quotes by Cris Collinsworth

I have an accounting degree and a law degree and had never really used either.

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.

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

I tell my kids all the time, 'I want you to be a great athlete, I want you to be great academically, I want you to achieve a lot of things, but mostly I want you to be a great person. If none of the other stuff happens and you're a great person, then I'm okay with anything else that happens in your life - that's the highest standard.'

When I broadcast my first NFL game during the 1989 season, I had absolutely no idea what to study or how to study. NBC provided me with a handful of newspaper articles, we watched some film at the team facility on Friday before the game, and we interviewed some players and coaches.

Most of the really stupid comments I've made in my years in Cincinnati are concerning bachelorhood.

PFF has already changed the way I think about building a team and play-calling. I can remember a time when everybody thought Andy Reid was crazy for passing 60% of the time.

There is nothing that anybody could do to make me any prouder of my daughter than what she's accomplishing at Harvard.

I've always been a big fan of what Ron Rivera and Sean McDermott have been able to put together on the defensive side.