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For nearly three decades, she's reported the action from the sidelines.

She started very young.

She's covered the NBA, NFL, Olympics, and the college football and basketball national championships.

And now, during these insane times in our world, Michelle Tofoya thinks we need a serious dose of sanity.

This is sideline sanity with your host, one of the sanest people on planet Earth, Michelle Tofoya.

Welcome to sideline sanity, everyone. I'm Michelle Tofoyia. I'm thrilled about today's episode. I really am.

Let me preface it by saying this. I'm a huge believer in preparation.

Like my whole 30 year career covering sports, it was all about preparation. I remember John

Wooden saying, and for those of you who don't know, John Wooden, please Google it. He was a multiple national champion

winning coach, UCLA basketball coach, a legend, so you probably know who he is. But he would

always tell his players, failing to prepare is preparing to fail. And every time I was stuck in the, in the tedious preparation for my work on

Sunday night football or Monday night football or whatever I was doing, I would hear that in the

back of my voice, failing to prepare is preparing to fail. There's another good one that says,

luck is where preparation meets opportunity.

So anytime you find luck, generally somewhere preparation is involved.

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