Awful Announcing
"Submission only is how the sport is supposed to be done. The whole point of jiu-jitsu is controlling your opponent and forcing them into submission."
"It's really cool to see how kind of each person authors their opportunity to talk about the race and the competition."
"The great part is because I studied in Spanish and English in Mexico, and obviously playing football in Mexico, there's a degree of using the Spanish language. That merger there for me was a natural ability to kind of live in both worlds."
"There's just an endless number of stories to tell."
"I don't know anything else that sets my soul on fire the same way. When I'm working matches, it's that same kind of passion I felt when I played. I couldn't get that excitement from anything else."
"One of the things that we've been missing most is the access, this ability to get down and bring the fan as close [as possible] to the court."
"Everybody's going to be there to support him. And he'll do his thing, and then I'll go back and get dressed up and call the rest of the fights."
"It was never on my radar. It’s not like I wrote books thinking that it would be great if these became TV shows."
"You're juggling all these things happening, and I'm really excited about that type of performance aspect of it."
"This is the Olympics! This is a metaphor for life; you get kicked down, you get up again, you win a gold medal, and all is right with the world."
"There are a large number of sports communities that do not fit in mainstream sports media’s business model. We want to give these sports the love they deserve by leveraging our sport-specific channels, along with the deep resources our company and platform provide."
"As I ask the questions and as we plan guests, I'm thinking about 'How do we cover those foundational blocks that apply to everybody?'"
"Getting to work with LZ is deeply, deeply exciting for me, and it gives me that satisfaction, and I hope he lets me do it forever."
