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Eventually I became involved with somebody, and I was fired.

My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime.

The biggest scandal I was ever involved in was - in high school, at a basketball game, I shot and scored for the other team.

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

I was on the field praising quarterback Dan Fouts during a ceremony to retire his number. Boos began shaking the stadium. It was a moment of misery like I'd never experienced before. Afterward, dejection hung over me for days.

What shocked me, and what I wasn't prepared for, was just how brutal and how unethical some people can be in the NFL. I mean, there were some great people, but there were some real snakes, too. I was like, 'Holy cow!' But it made me a better person, and it got me ready for other things.

I didn't view myself as attacking the boss. I viewed my boss at ESPN as the publisher and president of ESPN.

I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.

As FIFA leaked information to the media, portraying me as an unethical person, I felt I was left naked, helpless to defend myself, as they repeatedly cut me with a sharp knife.

Getting fired was always a big deal to me. It's a bit like having someone break up with you.