Words matter. These are the best Skip Bayless Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I’m LeBron’s ‘No. 1 Critic’ and his ‘Biggest Hater.’ I feel a little like Shailene Woodley’s character in ‘Divergent.’ The government is going to eliminate me because I don’t fit in.
For me, watching football played in the snow is abominable, as in snowman.
Politics can cloud objectivity.
I’ve long been offended by not-so-godly pro football players I’ve known who showed up for pregame chapel – Sunday-only Christians rubbing the proverbial rabbit’s foot – then after victories declared it was ‘God’s will’ that their team won.
My mom was real loud and that made me speak only when spoken to. But even as a child, if you challenged me, you would get both barrels.
For 10 years while I was at ESPN, I lived at the Residence Inn in Southington, Connecticut, near Bristol. I did that because my wife had a great job in New York City, and we had a place in New York City, at 54th and 8th. On Friday, I would come back, and then on Sunday evening I would go back to the Residence Inn.
Punters must catch bullet snaps that sometimes bounce or test their verticals. Then they must aim away from dangerous returners or pierce the wind with low spirals or drop punts into ‘coffin corners’ or stick them nose-first like majestic 2-irons near the goal line.
For my meal replacements, I eat way too many Quest bars. I think you should eat every three hours. I usually wake up once a night, and if I do wake up, I always eat a Quest bar to feed my machine.
If you know me at all, I’m stubbornly proud to a fault.
The ‘White Establishment’ never liked me. I have worked for ‘White Establishment’ newspapers and television networks.
When you watch Chris Paul on the playoff stage, you often sense he is fighting two battles, one against his nature and one against his opponent.
The God’s truth: I never much cared for Tebow when he played at Florida.
I am not, and never have been, a member of the ‘White Establishment.’
I’m over-passionate and in general people think I’m way too intense and way, way, way too hardheaded.
I remain unashamed to publicly declare my lifelong love of watching football. I have watched thousands upon thousands of games simply because I cared solely about which team won.
Chris Paul, president of the NBA Players Association, can lead an entire league but can’t lead his team when it really counts.
No doubt boxing’s brutal beauty lies in the eye of the rooting beholder.
I closely follow football (and basketball and baseball) for the right reasons, not the alarmingly irrelevant ones.
I merely dared to say Tebow could be a successful starting quarterback in the National Football League – not a Pro Bowler, mind you, just a guy who could win games his way. Which prompted relentless attacks from anti-Tebow analysts and journalists.
The great ones are about winning and winning only.
I’m overemotional.
When I was a little kid going to Methodist church, I actually envisioned one day that I would become a minister but I never pursed that.
Sometimes I feel like the easiest target in sports.
I consider myself a reasonably intelligent guy. Made straight A’s in high school (except for driver’s ed and typing).
No doubt Mayweather is the greatest defensive fighter ever.
I watch games a little differently, maybe, than other people do, because I’m constantly asking myself why did that happen, what’s really going on here?
I believe in God, but I also believe in jinxes.
I grew up a Cowboys fan, attending my first game in 1960, the first year of their existence.
I never listen to music when I run.
I knew nothing about nutrition until 1982. I had a big turnaround that year and never looked back.
Image and privacy are still everything to Jordan, who has rarely if ever let the outside world see or hear the real Michael.
The 3 brought some art back into the science of winning NBA titles.
The Hunger Games’ is for eighth-grade girls! Winners read ‘The Art of War!’
I find that people love to hate me, and a lot of people love to love me.
You will find no bigger media fan of Manziel’s than I am.
In the ’80s, I did two hours of cardio every day, split between running and the stationary bike. It was a trap – afterward I’d feel starving but also bulletproof, so I’d pig out. I slid into what I call exercise bulimia, when you’re running more and more miles so you can eat worse and worse food.
Live television is the hottest medium. My passion for sports debate runs hot enough without a camera transporting it into your living room with 10 times more impact.
You see far more swings and misses on can’t-miss football recruits than basketball blue chips.
When Durant was in college, I predicted on ‘First Take’ he would lead the NBA in scoring and began calling him my favorite player.
Field goal kicking is wildly exciting for all the wrong reasons. We regularly interrupt games to go for a ride on the equivalent of Disney’s stomach-in-throat Tower of Terror.
Interviewing Michael Jordan is like playing him one on one. If he respects you and especially your media platform and he’s amused by your college try, he’ll let you get off a shot or two. Then he’ll go behind his back, give you a head fake and leave you wondering exactly what he meant by this and that.
Trust me, you cannot love football any more than I do.
Durant has developed a LeBron Complex, sounding like he wants to be his best buddy LeBron as well as beat him.
I believe I can outrun most everyone.
By nature, I am quiet off the air.
