“I've said all along that someday I wanted to go back home and play in ...” — Cris Collinsworth Quote

I've said all along that someday I wanted to go back home and play in Flordia. I played high school and college ball in Flordia and all my ties are back home.

At Florida, I could outrun or out jump a lot of players. But everyone in this league runs either a 4.4 or 4.5 and can jump out of the stadium.

If all you had to be was a comedian to be a good football player. Bob Hope would be great. But you have to perform.

As a player, I never, never feared getting hurt, but I feared being embarrassed.

I do think I had a big advantage for the first four years I was in broadcasting, that no one really saw me. One of the big disadvantages superstar players have is they go right to the 'A' game, or the studio. I got the obscurity, making mistakes, learning from them and surviving them.

I was a tennis player in high school and college.

I did a lot of theater when I was in high school and college. I also did stand-up in college, so it was always part of what I did.

I finished high school and college - I actually moved to New York to study film - and was always working in theaters and studying. You never stop learning.

As you get older, sometimes you lose touch with people you were friends with in high school and college. But when you've been part of a legacy together, you should still find a way to see eye to eye.