Ernie Johnson Jr.

“If you focus your thoughts on what you do have and not what you don't have you will always be grateful.”

“I kind of like the three-point shoot-out. It's very easy to understand, very simple.”

“My sister and mom are both cancer survivors. If they're going to whip it, so am I.”

“You may hate the pilot but you don't want the plane to crash.”

“Be on time for James Dolan - no excuses like Zebras in the road.”

“You can salute the flag. You can revere the flag. You can respect the flag. And all of those are fine. What you cannot do is use the flag as a blindfold. You can't use the flag as a blindfold and not see the things you've seen with your very eyes that tell you that what's keeping this country held back is systemic racism.”

“I understand any time you mention Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Jesus Christ in the same two minutes, people are going to talk.”

“Preparation is the lifeblood of this job. It's a non-stop process. You're always working ahead.”

“On the NBA show we are dealing with millionaires. On the college level we are dealing with some teenagers.”

“I thought I'd be an English teacher and a baseball coach somewhere.”

“Less is always more in a playoff game.”

“This is baseball, this is in my blood, this is what I grew up with.”

“I loved all sports growing up.”

“I was a baseball player growing up and wanted to play ball.”

“I'm a coffee guy but I don't think I've had a full cup of coffee. I'll grab one and then I'll have a few sips of it then go back to work and it's cold then I'll throw that away and go back later and get another one.”

“I remember all the old catwalks and stuff at County Stadium.”

“I hesitate to ever, as one dad, tell another dad how to raise their kids.”

“I was a fan of the NCAA Tournament and watching when I could, but now I have files on over a 120 college teams that I have been building on over the last few years.”

“Oak Hill is a classic golf course. There aren't a lot of tricks to it.”

“Life is a blink. It really is, it zips right past you.”