DAY 10
Adam Schefter
Adam Schefter is the Senior NFL Insider at ESPN. He joined ESPN as an NFL Insider in August 2009 and now appears on a variety of programs, including NFL Live, Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, SportsCenter and more throughout the year. He also hosts his own ESPN Audio podcast, “The Adam Schefter Podcast”, and regularly contributes to other ESPN platforms, such as ESPN.com and ESPN Radio.
A former president of the Pro Football Writers of America, Schefter also has authored five books. His most recent, The Man I Never Met: A Memoir — co-authored with Sports Illustrated writer Michael Rosenberg — is a powerful story of loss and hope, centered around his family and the memory of his wife Sharri’s first husband, Joe Maio, who died in the September 11 terror attacks.
A native of Bellmore, N.Y., Schefter graduated from the University of Michigan in 1989 and later earned his master’s degree at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1990.
Quotables
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“You navigate it by being you and being true to yourself, and I think that’s what I’ve always tried to do. Sometimes if that costs you a story, that is the way it is. I always try to honor my word and do what I say.” @adamschefter #theartofplayingwell
“I’ve tried to be true to my word. I’ve tried to treat people with respect. I’ve tried to prove that I could be trusted, and hopefully that has come back to me in time. It’s not always easy.” @adamschefter #theartofplayingwell
“You do the best you can and you let the chips fall where they will. But the one thing that will never change is how I try to treat people.” @adamschefter #theartofplayingwell
“There are a lot of people that get up to go to work at 4 in the morning and they don’t get home to work till 10 o’clock at night. There are people working two jobs, three jobs, so what I’m doing, relatively speaking, doesn’t even compare.” @adamschefter #theartofplayingwell
“I think any job that people are conscientious about comes with sacrifice.” @adamschefter #theartofplayingwell
“You’ve branched out yourself. You became a bestselling author, which would not have been something that I’ll bet you thought was on your bingo card, but it was.” @adamschefter #theartofplayingwell