working alongside him in primetime. he said it was like winning the lottery. he said the term renaissance man is tossed around loosely, but john was as close as you can come. a dear friend, a wonderful partner in the broadcast booth. i miss him enormously, unquote. madden had a special relationship with bret favre. he tweeted, we lost a larger than life legend in john madden. one of the best in the game. i ll always remember our pregame meetings when we laughed and talked about anything but football. i ll miss my dear friend, unquote. of course, his legacy is going to live on through that madden football game. it has sold more than 130 million copies worldwide. e.a. schwartz called madden a hero, a humble champion, a willing teacher and a forever coach. poppy, he was so detailed and disciplined with his work, he was an expert with the xs and os. he captured the football aficionados, but also the
prior. he never stopped. he always kept going. he was so good because he had this ability his phrases were so good, the bams, the booms. it drew people and appealed to people who may not have been football fanatics like i am. it was able to reach so many people. . he was a teacher. and then the love in football made magic when you brought those together, kate. you mentioned the booms. if you got to play in one of his games or a video game, you made john madden go boom, you have arrived. and his ability to speak to different generations, football aficionados. he was so detailed to the coaches to the casual fan where on thanksgiving day he would pull out the telestrator and have a turkey on set. and he would circle the legs of the turkey. you want to go here. here s how you want to cut this