Great interview.

He sounds like a guy I’d like to share a beer or two with. His comments about players retired is on point. I know a few and most never made big money and now they are experiencing aches pains, and worse cognitive impairments undoubtedly caused by blows to the head.

I find him to be a liar and a inauthentic person. He had a choice and did his exit in the worst way. I am not a big Kelly Ripa fan but the way he exited the show was horrible. I have not watched 5 minutes of GMA since he came on the show.

The interviewer should have asked him how he avoided the wrath of the Me-Too movement despite being credibly accused of brutally beating his fiancé and setting up a surveillance system in a bedroom so he could look at his fiancé’s sister naked — which all came out in his divorce proceeding. Don’t take my word for it. Look it up. He didn’t lose a single endorsement. I’m not as pumped up as Frank.

People miss the point with Kaepernick. It's not a matter of whether one agrees with him or not, what he believes or how he chose to express it. It all has to do with the fact that the President of the United States weighed in and created a situation that did not have to be there. It's McCarthyism at its worst, a politician, a person of power, misusing their position to target an individual citizen and destroy his career.

Great interview and I really have a pumped up opinion of Michael. He seems authentic and the way he answered was so emblematic of his description of what he prescribed for himself to succeed in personal and professional relationships. I give him a 10 out of 10.

I'm happy for Mr. Strahan, that he's thrived in his post-NFL career. But he has to be the least talented person on television. Firstly, it's hard to listen to him speak. He has a thick tongue that makes everything he says sound infantile. That he's on so many programs tells us that talent is the last thing you need to be on the air. All you need is to like the sound of your own voice and the ability to offer up that hokum that passes for humor or insight on television. It is only because he won a championship in the nation's biggest TV market--and made friends with the bigwigs who sit in the luxury boxes--that he's gotten this far. He may be a "nice guy," but give me a break.

Mr. Strahan played a team sport, but had individuals who tried to shine. In his new position, he continues to play a team sport that has individuals who try to shine. The TV team includes everyone not on camera and behind the scenes. Seems quite clear to me that he's a team player all the way, and a good guy to have on the team.

I played sports in my youth and I had a career in television and I agree 100% with Strahan's opinion that tv is not about sharing the limelight. Yet tv, like team sports, can't be successful without team spirit and a willingness to give up some ego to the team. I'll never understand why most people who work in front of the cameras in tv don't get this. But most of them I've known aren't as confident as they seem in public. TV is a real "me" universe with a lot of behind the scenes machinations for 'position'. I'd also like to say that when Strahan recognized this factor, he figured it out and adapted. That's why he's a pro.

His interview on Howard Stern waqs great and the part I remember best was Howard trying to make the point that his ex wife Nicole was an unbelievable beauty and how could he land her insinuating that he was not in her league and his answer was nonchalant saying hey I'm the catch. I agree. Mike is always cool and I respect him and his answer on Kap was spot on that the owners who own multi billion dollar teams don't want or need the circus attached regardless of his ability. These team values continue to soar and why would you jeopardize that over any one player that could potentially polarize or anger their ticket paying and other fans who root at home and buy their merchandise etc. I f I were an owner I wouldn't all the distraction not worth it, they are all doing fine.

Oooff. This is a master class is passive aggressive behavior toward a female superior. Of course he was the more junior co-host when he started, as she had been under Regis. What, she's the sidekick for a decade, but when he comes in it's equal footing? Then he learned a lot from her, but only what she had learned from her male predecessor. She had no unique experience to share with him, or learned anything in a new media landscape since Regis' departure? Yikes

Great interview on the whole, but I question the wisdom, professionalism and constructiveness of stirring up more drama with Kelly Ripa. Strahan just acknowledged she's talented enough to make the previous night's glass of water interesting talk show fodder. He's really going to give an provocative interview like this and think she's not going to go off on him on-air, day after day after day? I am already preemptively exhausted at the thought of the ugly and needless back & forth likely to ensue. And what's most likely to happen is that they're both going to end up looking bad by the time the dust settles, she's going to fatigue him into submission because she has a platform that's much easier for her to personally monopolize than his, and he's going to regret ever saying anything in the first place. The stupefying part is that the most likely fallout from this interview was entirely predictable. Someone who's so smart and so used to reading offenses should probably know better.

Whatever your thoughts on his exit from K&M, I don't understand how people think a guy is self-centered and egotistical who is voicing his opinion about wanting better benefits for previous players. I watch daytime tv every day as a stay at home dad and I like him for his positive mentality, which made him a great teammate I'm sure. Plus his clothing line makes everything in extra tall and as a 6'7" guy I'm glad he's making stylish clothing for people as big as me.

Regarding Regis creating the formula for Live: He executed the format really well, but it's an old, old, format going back to radio. Many of the "breakfast shows" were hosted by husbands and wives, and this is just the same idea.

Kaepernick went to "interview" with the Miami Dolphins wearing a Castro T-shirt. How do we mis-understand him? He has repeatedly complained about an America that is unfair while he made millions. The worst thing about "him" is that he pushed politics into professional football. That has resulted in my cutting the cable and watching about 1/4 the pro football that I used to watch. Politics ruins everything it touches and "his" antics made everybody who watches think about politics. There is fewer and fewer places to escape life and football is no longer one of those places. He just acts like a spoiled child.

Mike would be a great roommate. I remember my younger days when a roommate was a necessity. The best roomie I ever had was the one who was never there. I wonder how often he actually sleeps in his own bed?

Interesting how people can come away with such different impressions of the same guy. He may be a nice guy - you can't know that from watching an hour or two on tv? But unlike others who see him as natural, I've always thought Strahan a bit wooden, dull and unimaginative. I suppose there's an inclination to cockiness that successful athletes pick up along the way. Probably serves them well in competitive sports but works against them in more socially demanding settings. The writer asserts the sour relationship between he and Ripa didn't show up on screen. I didn't see the show a lot but I recall commenting at the time how much tension existed between the two on air. Again hard to judge people's character based on their tv persona but I'd always been struck by how natural and genuine Ripa seemed - compared especially to some of the prima donnas (like her predecessor Gifford) in that industry. No doubt her show is a bit vacuous - as is most of the fare served up that time of day when most people have better things to do. But she doesn't take herself too seriously; in fact she's quite self-deprecating which is not a trait I saw in Strahan. Some posters have remarked on the absence of malice from Strahan in this interview. They need to look a little closer; I see a very definite hostility toward her and her "damn show". When Ripa replaced Gifford, she was quite appreciative and deferential. No evidence of that from Strahan.

LT is the benchmark for defense. Michael and Eli are benchmarks for class.

I appreciate Michael's intelligence and his ability to be himself in every situation. His TV persona is genuine and consistent, no matter what type of show he is a part of; game show, sports commentary, or talk. He is always a gracious and charismatic host.

I love Michael Strahan!

There is more to him than I thought. And less to Kelly Ripa than I thought, too.

Anybody who makes Tom Brady cry is a national treasure in my book.

I love this guy. A class act and a great player. But could we please stop calling him a journalist? He reads the news and does some brief interviews. That's not journalism. Not his fault, but persisting with this label is an insult to real journalists.

One of the smartest people on TV.

I must say I never understood the controversy about Strahan's departure from the Ripa morning show. He worked there. He did all that was asked. He got a better job offer. He gave plenty of notice. He moved on and never said a bad thing about her or her organization. They seemed to think he had some obligation to continue in that job indefinitely. The PR hatchet job they tried to pull on him was bizarre.

Why is this guy famous? Or at least a viable personality?

I grew up watching Lawrence Taylor play, and I never really appreciated how great and how classy Strahan was.

Of course Mr. Strahan has a brand and he was working it hard during this promotional interview. He's likable and natural (at least on television). We still don't know what really happened with his abrupt department from "Live!"

Love Stray! Seems authentic and curious about people. Interesting shade on Kelly.

Man, oof indeed, maybe Giants need to bring him back to put together a defense... The championship years were mediocre offensively. Love Eli but he's .500 with a couple of hot streaks in the playoffs.

Class act in the answers however I was deeply disturbed that on a Thursday night Fox football game Howie, Michael, Tony had four veterans in wheel chairs that were totally ignored by the hosts. Just like the government these men were used as " we care about our Veterans" they were sitting in the pouring rain and were ignored. I thought Fox after years of honoring veterans they would of been included in the show, they sat in the rain and I was so upset, I haven't watched Fox since. No morality, no character by the brass of Fox Sports and by the hosts. Veterans give up their lives for this country and to sit in the rain and be ignored shows who we are as a country In regards to Colin ,Michael should of spoke at length about the knee that Colin was taking and how America is going backward. However he might lose an endorsement if he did

"Nothing better than winning a Super Bowl." Except winning a Super Bowl against Tom Brady and the Patriots!

Strahan seems a class act, he's pretty good on (some) tv, and his distinction as a football Giants champion & All Pro sets him apart. But Im taking this opportunity to say that the Sunday NFL preview shows, all of 'em, are just awful. Particularly his. He is , though, even there, the best of a sad bunch.

Michael has replaced Samuel Jackson as the hardest working guy in the media.

For each person who dislikes Michael Strahan, there are at least a thousand who would want to be him at the very moment when he sacked Tom Brady.

"Walla walla woop, pull it out of the hat and you got a TV show." Love it.

Classy guy all the way. As a life long Giants fan and ticket holder always thought he ranked among the best. And to fix the Giants--add him and Carl Banks to the coaching staff, show these guys how to tackle!!!

Michael Strahan was a great defensive lineman for the Giants. But, as a sports journalist, he's just average. Like many other sports journalists, he ignores the elephant in the room. The powers that be, in the NFL, are riddled with racist attitudes. The way Colin Kaepernick has been treated by the owners is shameful. He is at least as talented and experienced as half the QB's now starting in the NFL and he should have been allowed to continue playing. But the NFL's management decided he should be banned from playing. And, he was. Secondly, there is no reasonable explanation for the dearth of black coaches in the NFL. Strahan is as much an apologist for this form of racial prejudice as are the other journalists, who cover the NFL. They have seen what happens when you stand up to the NFL owners and they don't want to jeopardize their livelihood. Their fear of the powers that be in the NFL have prevented Pro Football from achieving the level of racial equality as the NBA. Sports journalists like Strahan need to be more vocal in addressing the prejudicial attitudes of the League's management.

Love watching Michael Strahan. This interview confirms his authenticity. Guy keeps it real. Keep it up, Mr. Strahan!

Michael is a pleasure to warch. Fun, funny, wise, gracious, thoughtful, he is one great person. His perspective on working in TV is enlightening. Thanks for a fine interview.

A man of many talents in many fields (no pun intended). Cool-headed and good natured man comes through quite well. Not true for many athletes, unfortunately, but that is true for the population at large I guess. Good article.

As an Eagles fan, I have to give it up to Mr. Strahan. Class act and a great role model.

Every bit of this interview affirms what a class act Michael is. He takes the high road answering all the questions that could easily go in a different direction. I admire his comments about team play even in his post NFL career. He's a poster child for letting his play on the field doing the talking for him whether the gridiron or in his other endeavors.

I have watched Mr. Strahan in his various roles on television and have the most imminent respect for his natural ability to be himself on a live show. I also greatly respect the way he clearly shows and feels respect for his co-hosts. When I heard he had moved on from Kelly Rippa's show (which, is clearly how she herself sees that show) I said to myself: GREAT. Now Michael's talent can wing him forward. I was, indeed, puzzled by all the noise that he had "secretly" worked out some deal and left the show, because, that just did not seem like the Strahan approach to anything. I am glad to read, here, that he was asked by the network to move to another job, and, I am sure he was professional in every way as part of that transition. Keep up the good work Mr. Strahan and thank you.

This guy is way overexposed! So tired of him, truly. I'm no trying to be a jerk and I'm sure he's a nice enough guy but hasn't his time come yet to move along?!

Class Act.

A true gentleman!

That last line is one everyone in KC longs to hear from Mahomes when the game is over next Sunday.

Nice guys really do finish first, Michael Strahan for one.

It's not just his lineman bias speaking: the Giants need defenders. Saquon's a dynamic back, but I would have drafted the meanest pass rusher available at the time. It would also be nice to have some DBs who actually play the ball in the air, and tackle ball carriers. Or, for starters, have coaches who care about such things.