I became interested in the United Way, because, in our contract with the television networks, we had a certain amount of promo time for ourselves. It was so much money, about $40 million a year. We had a couple of extra minutes on each tape, on each network. We used them for a while on relatively self-serving things, and I thought, rather than have that time be spent on saying “the NFL is great,” we should try to use it for some good. That’s when we bound our relationship with the United Way.

The Cumming fragrance line. the soap, Cumming in a bar (still available at alancumming.com) is my favorite ever pun on my name.

I’m proudest of some of the work that we’ve done off the field or things that I just take an enormous amount of pride in, ideally with a charity foundation called the Peyback Foundation.

I love curating things in general. I love writing. It might actually be the solution to my problem, my dilemma that I don't know what to do. It's because I like to do everything. I like to appease that nature of wanting to dabble in things.

Because I loved it when I was young.

When I’m ready I’ll transfer what I have to the computer and rewrite.

they did what good teachers are meant to do, which is inspire you to love literature.

Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome.

I don't think you should do the serious stuff, you're not cut out for it.

I wrote a play called Knuckle in 1974, which opened to hostile reviews during the three-day week.