I read the New York Times everyday, and I spend a good three hours reading it on Sunday mornings. Do I agree with everything they say? I do not. But I think it is one of the best information sources in the world. I always read the Editorial Pages, and seldom do I agree with them. But I want that information.

Last week I read an editorial that resonated with me. It talked a little bit about the financial crisis that we are having right now and the meltdown in the financial system and the banks, and so forth. But the point of the editorial was this: We live in a world where we have the mega-churches, we have Oprah Winfrey and we have Dr. Phil, and everyone keeps saying you have to be positive and you have to have a good attitude, and if you continue to think good things and you have a positive visualization, then you are going to make money and you are going to be rich and you are going to have a happy life.

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What role does emotion play in sport? I’m going to tell you — a lot. The spirit, the camaraderie, (and) the emotion. We used to say when I was playing football, “You’ve got to get fired up!”

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I hope all of you watched and listened to the conventions, to what the candidates were saying. What occurred to me while I was watching them, is it really McCain talking? Obama talking? Biden talking? Palin talking? Or is it just a bunch of handlers? A bunch of people writing speeches, positioning the candidates, telling them who they can talk to, who they can’t talk to, what they should say, how they should stand, who should they put in the crowd around them?

I really was a little embarrassed while I was watching the Democratic National Convention, where they took this attractive, intelligent young man, who is very appealing, very charming, and they put in this huge stadium, and they have these big Roman pillars that put him into this world that has nothing to do with working class America. He made a tremendous speech, but I think some of it was lost on people like me who were appalled at the theatrics – what are we trying to do here? Are we trying to develop a rock star? A celebrity? Or a quality human being, and show that quality human being’s skills and sensitivity and ability to make decisions and lead a country?

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I cannot tell you with how impressed I am with the entire Palin family, led by the mother, Sarah Palin. I love hearing the liberal press knock her in every way possible. “She’s not prepared. She’s not ready. She doesn’t have the necessary experience.” The funniest part is that we have probably learned more from the liberal press about Sarah Palin in about 48 hours than we’ve learned about Barack Obama in the past two years. Give me a break!

Let me talk about this woman’s preparedness. First of all, I think women are a lot more talented than men. I think that they have a lot better skills, better judgment and more passion than men. In my business, we have more women in it than men and there is a reason for that – I think they are more talented. So take that!

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