A biography for Dave Portnoyhasn’t been written yet.
“I like coal fired. I'm definitely, generally, always a coal-fired guy. Crispy, don't do a ton of sauce, but kind of a well-done, coal-fired pizza is my jam.”
“I'd say we represent the silent majority.”
“I hate hypocrisy.”
“I like seeing Roger Goodell squirm.”
“Our readers get what we do, and I don't think about what it's going to look like to the outside world. I don't really care.”
“The easiest thing to say is, 'I'm sorry.' We don't do that.”
“Everything related to the NFL, we're banned from. Whether it be Media Day, whether it be even doing negotiations for TV shows, everybody's afraid of the NFL in their relation to us because they know they don't like us.”
“I feel like I see more and more Neapolitan style, that I call 'fancy pizza' - that's not my cup of tea; I think it all tastes the same.”
“We're a comedy brand that pokes fun at everybody.”
“We will not bow down to the winds of PC culture whichever way they may blow.”
“All Patriot fans despise Goodell.”
“Ad revenue is important, but we want to be self-sustaining.”
“We make it very clear, we don't want our fans to say over-the-line things. But if someone is saying, 'I can't wait for Dave Portnoy to go out of business,' I don't care if our fans say, 'You're the worst.'”
“I go on EEI shows. I go on with people I like.”
“I think I'm a fairly smart person.”
“You can't put Barstool in a box however hard you try.”
“Everything the NFL touches that maybe we should be involved in... we always get the message the NFL frowns upon working with Barstool Sports.”
“Do I like Manhattan? No. Do I want to be in Manhattan? No.”
“It's strange: There are feminists who like Barstool and then feminists who hate Barstool.”
“People know I'm a Jake Paul guy. I respect people who take over the Internet, and this guy has got maybe more haters than I do, which I also love.”