Kevin Harlan
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We're not trading a number one for the backup at Atlanta who's been playing for Jerry Glantz.
We're not doing it.
And my dad had to take Ron Wolfe out of that room, and he approached the executive committee and said, we gave him the keys to the football organizations.
We cannot back out right now.
We have not had anybody with a hand on the rudder for that long.
And they changed their mind.
They trade for Favre.
The rest is history.
They've had 20-plus years of success.
And that's really what it takes.
You need to give your general manager total football authority.
But finding that guy and trusting in what he's going to do becomes step one.
And then step two, everything falls into place.
What did I do with my first paycheck?
I paid for my sister's college tuition.
Yeah.
That's sweet.
A lot of it went to savings, but some of it went to a flight up to Minnesota so I could catch my daughter's birth.
Shout out to that.
I bought my mom a Rolex and my dad a Range Rover.