Lisa Guerrero Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

And I'm proud of what I do as a professional, too.

And Rita Hayworth, who I think was just the ultimate glamorous Hollywood movie star. She's my favorite. I have her movie posters and photos of her.

And that Michael Irvin would care more about his wardrobe than I would?

At one point I went 51 weeks without taking a day off. When I worked with Fox, I went three years without taking a vacation.

Athletes don't want to talk to you, it's the least favorite part of their job. So the hardest part is actually getting the interview.

Being attractive and being credible can and do go together.

But I think a lot of people from our parents' generation tend to categorize women.

Constantly there's a credibility issue; you're judged on how you look. If you look good, people assume you aren't credible. It's a battle you'll always fight if you're on TV and a female.

Finding balance in the biggest challenge.

I don't have a broadcast degree - I didn't pursue this in a traditional sense.

I get back from my run and turn on SportsCenter, then I do my research preparing for football season, and at night I go to games.

I grew up watching Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and the other guys with my dad.

I hope to be a complement to the guys in the booth, whether it's in providing an injury update or to further a storyline or whatever.

I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.

I like the guys who come back, the guys who prove themselves over and over again.

I love color and I love to dress like a woman.

I want to know about what makes an athlete tick.

I was so afraid that the athletes wouldn't talk to me because I'm a woman.

I will always consider myself an actress, whether or not I'm on a show or in a film.

I'll be criticized if I don't articulate something right, and I'll be criticized if I don't wear the right shade of lipstick.

I'm comfortable with my femininity, and I don't try to change what I look like just because I'm reporting on football at the end of the night.

I'm looking forward to talking to Bill Parcells, too, and to seeing how that marriage with Jerry Jones goes.

I'm not going to relate to an athlete as a peer.

I'm proud of being Hispanic.

I'm proud of what I look like. I'm proud that I look like my mom.

I've always been around dudes and sports.

I've always been the only girl in those environments. It's comfortable for me - I prefer it, actually.

In terms of broadcasting, you have to make decisions about where you want to spend your time.

In the morning, I reach for the sports page.

My approach is a very human one, as a fan.

My mom died when I was 8.

No, one of the great things about my three-year deal is that it's year-round. They've offered me an opportunity to cover a lot of things in the offseason, too.

On my morning run, I listen to sports talk radio.

Since I left Sunset Beach, it's been non-stop. All that growth happened really fast, and at the rate it's going, I want to stick with it.

So I plan to prepare thoroughly and have several outfits waiting in the wings in case of inclement weather.

So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan.

Television is a visual medium, and you want to look good, but beyond that it's about reporting, about giving information to the viewers.

There's that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

They're not expecting me to break down man-to-man vs. zone, but I know enough about football that I can add my own take and have my own style.

We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

When I found out I got this job, I cried, of course - I'm a girly-girl - and then I called my dad, and he cried, too. On so many levels, this is a thrill for me.

When I'm anchoring, I miss chasing stories in the field.

You just have to hope that they'll grant you an interview.

You mean the fact that Tom Arnold would spend more time with the hair and makeup people than I would?

Trivia

Lisa was a sportscaster at FOX affiliate KTTV in Los Angeles, California in the late 1990s.

The Los Angeles Times reported on Lisa Guerrero as "the hardest working person in sports".

After her success of being a cheerleader at the Los Angeles Rams, Lisa moved to the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots teams, becoming entertainment director for both.

In June of 2006, Lisa officially became a correspondent for the television newsmagazine Inside Edition.

Lisa has posed for famous magazines as Playboy, FHM and Maxim.

Lisa's father ran a quaint family business, while her grandparents worked with the Salvation Army.

Lisa Guerrero spent much of her childhood residing in San Diego and Huntington Beach, California.