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The best player I ever coached was Gary Payton.

My father was an all-American football player.

I grew up watching Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and the other guys with my dad.

So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan.

When I was a kid, my father brought home the autobiography of Sid Luckman, the great Chicago Bears quarterback - probably an extra copy from the sports department where he worked. It was the first sports biography I ever read.

I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.

My biggest hero was Roman Gabriel, who was the QB of the Rams, and Roger Staubach. Those were the two guys I tired to emulate when I was little.

Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear.

My mother loved Gene Wilder when I was growing up, so I used to watch all his movies with her. I just adore him.

My dad was a sports writer when I was younger and then he became just a general columnist. But I grew up with him literally getting into brawls with football coaches.