Kevin Harlan

But I like what I do like is the challenge of getting better.

And even at my age and stage in my career, you know, when I was younger, everything was so new and you sometimes didn't know what road to take and how to fix it.

Now I think I've been around a long time that I can figure out, okay, I know how I messed up on that.

I need to improve this, polish off this area over here.

But I don't know that I've ever walked away and said, yeah.

I usually come back incredibly frustrated the week after the game as I've watched daily what I've done or listened to what I've done on the radio.

And I'm pretty frustrated.

So at the top of my boards, like I've got the Packers and Bengals this week, my scoring sheet, I'll put my points of emphasis on trying to improve on what I missed on the week before.

That doesn't sound very joyful.

I know it's not.

It's not.

I'm sure when you were writing columns, it took a lot of look and maybe stepping away and getting back and jotting notes or waking up and thinking of an idea to insert in there.

And that's kind of how it is with the broadcast.

I think that because it happens, then you've got some time to reflect on it.

It becomes more an exercise of evolving, improving, meeting the challenge.

How can it be better?

And I try to listen in different ways.

I listen as I'm marking off on a sheet that I've got where I try to keep track of what I say or don't say and then just listen as a fan might listen neutrally.

And and.

And it becomes, you know, the more I listen, the more frustrated I get.