Al Michaels Quotes

"Living here in southern California, I'll miss hearing Rocky Top for an entire week at the end of December. I was actually looking forward to it. Tennessee has a better fight song than Nebraska."
- Al Michaels
(Related: December, End, Fight, Hearing, Living, Song)

"If there are dominant teams, people enjoy discussing whether that's good or bad for the game, and if there aren't any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that."
- Al Michaels
(Related: People)

"Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, is right there... she's in town because her father was at Johnson Smith College... and she was delivering a speech there."
- Al Michaels
(Related: Father, College, National security, Right, Speech)

"But we're not supposed to talk anything besides football."
- Al Michaels
(Related: Football, Talk)

"Any time a running back reaches the age of 31 or 32, he has to lose a step. No one is a freak of nature. No one is going to be able to take the pounding a running back has to take over a 10- or 12-year career and not lose a step."
- Al Michaels
(Related: Age, Time, Nature, Career, Running)

"The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here's a team that seems to be jelling."
- Al Michaels

"It's funny, but when there are dominant teams, there are a number of people who rail about the fact that they're always seeing the Dallas Cowboys or the San Francisco 49ers or the Green Bay either in the playoffs or in the Super Bowl."
- Al Michaels
(Related: Funny, People, Cowboys, Fact)

"I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons."
- Al Michaels
(Related: Seasons)