Shannon Sharpe feuding with Jamaican Prime Minister over Olympics: ‘Our women…gonna spank ya.’
"Y'all better stop playing."
"Y'all better stop playing."
"I have not closed my eyes at another woman's house in 31 years."
"I was just disappointed in how it (was) handled. I thought the situation could have been handled better by management."
"I know what was told to old Shay. And when I went back and said it on TV, everybody tried to shut me down."
"There's so many people that do such outstanding work for the show, but Shannon Sharpe is on another level."
"Let me show them that I can still be entertaining and informative, and hopefully, they’ll ask me to come back for more years."
"I think it's crazy to say that this game is the biggest game Kyrie Irving has ever played in in the Finals."
Shannon Sharpe is here to stay at ESPN.
"Because if all you talk about is Xs and Os, it ain't gonna last very long."
"There isn't a show that I would look at as a promotion."
"I was like, do I have to buy him a Range Rover? I didn't know, it's like he's a Hall of Famer, what do I do? How do I get him?"
Sharpe recently re-signed with ESPN and apparently has friends in high places at the Walt Disney Co.
"Now, I look at it and say, ‘I’m no longer talent.’ You can’t fire me from Shay Shay Media, because I own it."
"Hell, it can’t be but one of the two. You can either run the ball or you can throw the ball."
"What TV did for sports, is what Katt did for Club Shay Shay, it gave it legitimacy. It made Club Shay Shay a major player."
"Don’t act like there’s some war between Shannon and Shaq."
In addition to touting himself as the No. 1 NBA big man, Shaq has also called himself the No. 1 athlete-rapper.
"In the words of Skip Bayless, I'm better than you."
Shannon Sharpe and ESPN are on the verge of reaching a four-year deal
"I will let you off the hook. You don’t need to respond."
"How many was he supposed to win? More than Tubby Smith. More than Joe B. Hall. How bout that?"
"$10 for the top, $10 for the bottom is all it takes to get those drawers to fall."
"I probably wouldn't have read it, but because she's so animated, I've got to see what they're talking about now."
"I ain't Shannon, that brother is different."
With a conversationalist's sensibilities and a performer's charm, Sharpe has more in common with Joe Rogan or Oprah Winfrey than his contemporaries in sports media. Where he takes his empire could pave a new road for sports media.