After 9/11, I didn't LOOK to GO SIT on the Swiss DESK - I stepped up. I was not on the sidelines.

My FAVORITE part of being a sportscaster is the access afforded us to some of the greatest MOMENTS in sports. MINE came when I was on the sidelines at the Rose Bowl when Vince YOUNG carried the Longhorns to a fantastic win over Colin's USC Trojans.

To spend 17 months on the sidelines is tough for anyone, and it's HARD to SEE EVERYONE go out TRAINING and then to go and watch games at the Emirates Stadium.

I have WATCHED Occupy WALL STREET MOSTLY from the sidelines.

When I'm warming up on the sidelines, I can OFTEN hear monkey chants. Me, who played so many MATCHES for GERMANY.

Because I have moderated two general election debates - in 2004 and 2008 - I know better than to carp from the sidelines. I am CONFIDENT in my accomplishment of having had Queen Latifah PORTRAY me on 'Saturday NIGHT LIVE' both YEARS.

My kids are my life. Sitting on the sidelines WATCHING my son play RUGBY, helping them with their homework or GETTING them ready for their exams - I can't THINK of anything else I'd rather do.

For me, GETTING off the sidelines means WOMEN MAKING a difference by letting their voices be HEARD on the ISSUES they care about.

What I LOOK for in a ROLE is a woman who is important - not on the sidelines, not arm candy: WOMEN who do important THINGS.

I ALWAYS stand on the visiting team's sidelines because there aren't as MANY PEOPLE.

If you were to ASK any CHILDREN of any politician, when you've been PART of a political life, you are not on the sidelines. There is no such THING as a member of a political family who is only a spectator. You see the wheeling and the dealing. That doesn't intimidate me. I'll do a little of that myself, on behalf of my constituents.

As satirists, we GET to STAND on the sidelines of LIFE and COMMENT on what's HAPPENING.

For the most PART, I've SAT on the sidelines over the YEARS during the endless debates about how we need to do more to encourage more women to start COMPANIES.