Michelle Beadle

To be a general manager in the NHL, you need to be smart, tough and ruthless.

I'm a morning person.

I love Paul Heyman, I think he's the most talented speaker.

Returning to 'SportsNation' is my destiny.

I am thrilled to join the NBCUniversal family and to have the opportunity to work alongside many of the most talented and accomplished individuals in the business.

Look, sports are sports. The scores are the scores and the stories are the stories.

I know how to do the other stuff - the 'Access' stuff and go be goofy and all that. That I can do. For me to sit on a desk, when I know on the other network is Bob Costas and Dan Patrick is a change.

It's Charles Barkley. He's a personality. I don't count him as a journalist.

The only thing better than working for Connor Schell and Kevin Wildes is being able to spend each day with all of the incredibly talented people at 'NBA Countdown' and 'SportsNation.' It's the best job in sports.

I'm trying to get better about actually wearing what I have.

I love clothes, but when it comes down to actually getting dressed, I usually just wear ZARA sweatshirts, jeans and the same pair of boots I've had for seven years, every single day of my life.

But I'm always, always, always excited about new things.

If some idiot with lip gloss is telling me how awesome Lindsay Lohan is, I'm like, 'No, Lindsay is not awesome.'

I really should learn to be more of a girl.

I've lost the ability to be surprised.

It's just much easier to wake up and be you and go to bed and do it over again.

My favorite sport to watch is basketball. To play? golf, but I wish I was much better.

I'm going to miss the wind tunnel between Buildings 3 and 4. The ways in which the parking situation forced me to get 'creative.' Bob Ley and his snide comments. Trey Wingo and his snarky comments. Meeting so many people who I respect the hell out of. And the bizarre if not dysfunctional 'SportsNation' family.

I live a much more interesting life in other people's minds.

I thought I was going to go into politics, but that became disheartening. You see that a lot of stuff doesn't get done, people walk around all self-important, and it's just depressing.