Michelle Beadle

“My favorite sport to watch is basketball. To play? golf, but I wish I was much better.”

“I don't watch sports through the eyes of a stats nerd or an anger monger. I truly love stories and characters and the flash and the sexiness of it all.”

“I live a much more interesting life in other people's minds.”

“But I'm always, always, always excited about new things.”

“Returning to 'SportsNation' is my destiny.”

“The only thing better than working for Connor Schell and Kevin Wildes is being able to spend each day with all of the incredibly talented people at 'NBA Countdown' and 'SportsNation.' It's the best job in sports.”

“Moving back to New York is perhaps what I'm most excited about. Alternate side of the road parking. Flip flops on the subway. And any food I want, delivered. Sometimes more than once a day.”

“Love me some basketball.”

“I don't go to events to have my picture taken. I don't really care if my name is mentioned on a blog. It's not my thing.”

“I know how to do the other stuff - the 'Access' stuff and go be goofy and all that. That I can do. For me to sit on a desk, when I know on the other network is Bob Costas and Dan Patrick is a change.”

“I love what I am doing on 'SportsNation' and to now have the opportunity to do even more on 'Winners Bracket' as part of ESPN Sports Saturday on ABC is the perfect situation.”

“If some idiot with lip gloss is telling me how awesome Lindsay Lohan is, I'm like, 'No, Lindsay is not awesome.'”

“I am thrilled to join the NBCUniversal family and to have the opportunity to work alongside many of the most talented and accomplished individuals in the business.”

“I never saw how going back to a job I loved at the No. 1 sports network in the world could be seen as a step backwards. There are people on Twitter that think it is.”

“I thought I was going to go into politics, but that became disheartening. You see that a lot of stuff doesn't get done, people walk around all self-important, and it's just depressing.”

“It's Charles Barkley. He's a personality. I don't count him as a journalist.”

“Career wise, I think the dream for many of us is some kind of late night type of show. Something where you're allowed to be funny and you get to write, you have guests and you get to do silly skits. That is my ultimate, bucket list career moment.”

“Look, sports are sports. The scores are the scores and the stories are the stories.”

“Eventually your boobs grow and you can't run anymore, and that was a really rude awakening.”

“When I talk about the Spurs in different states, people don't get it. But it's a cool team to root for. I've been a fan since I was young.”