important saying. you ve got to love what you do, to be really good at it, and clearly he loved what he did. he was so relatable. i think there was something about many of us who obviously didn t play professional football, that looked at john madden and said well, this is not what you would expect of like the chiselled cut, the svelte athletic guy. he was a big guy and he talked plainly and he made the game so understandable. now i will tell you, my hate for the raiders goes all the way back to john madden, because as a chiefs fan john madden established the raiders as a team the kansas city chiefs loved to hate because he was so good at what he did. now having some experience in trying to communicate through a camera, i have such respect for someone who could exude such joy while he was giving you