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"A lot of people wrote me off, but he called me to say, ‘Big boy, you’re not done yet. I got big plans for you.'"
"First Take" has attained 15 consecutive months of year-over-year viewership growth.
“I don’t think it could be described as a jab; more like a tongue-lashing.”
"I sure was [stressed], but remember, that was a radio thing; it wasn’t necessarily a TV thing."
Smith blamed Orlovsky for his reaction to remarks about Tua Tagovailoa as reason for his thousands of views on social media during First Take Monday.
"In all seriousness, there are guardrails."
"When I lost my mom, I was in a real bad state. I did a disservice to Molly (Qerim), I did a disservice to Max Kellerman...
"I understand a couple of days – you give them a little [notice] – you did it the night before at midnight once Texas won. That...
"It is your duty as a journalist to ask a fair but hard question. A fair but hard question, and they didn't ask any of them."