Al Davis has been the biggest influence in my professional football life. I mean, he was a guy that gave me an opportunity, one, to get into professional football in 1967 as an assistant coach, and then at the age of 32, giving me the opportunity to be the head coach.

(Davis) remembers him when we drafted him, remembers him as a player, as an assistant coach, as a head coach. That's a lot easier. When Art walks in here, he knows what it is. He doesn't have to learn the nuances. He'll learn the coaches, the players and the football. The two of them, that's why this is going to work.

I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I never really had a job. I was a football player, then a football coach, then a football broadcaster. It's been my life. Pro football has been my life since 1967. I've enjoyed every part of it. Never once did it ever feel like work.

My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.

Most definitely, my dad was my biggest influence.

Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.