Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.

The network's #1 NFL crew now consisted of Summerall and analyst Tom Brookshier (with whom he had previously worked on This Week in Pro Football) and the colorful Summerall-Brookshier duo worked three Super Bowls (X XII and XIV) together. NFL on ESPN

Summerall called several preseason and early regular-season NFL games for the ESPN network in 2004 substituting for regular announcer Mike Patrick while the latter recovered from heart surgery. He also has been a featured speaker at the Men's Gridiron Conference in Tuscaloosa AL where he related his giving his life to Christ during his stay at the Betty Ford clinic during his recovery from alcoholism.

George Allen "Pat" Summerall (born May 10 1930) is a former American football player and television sportscaster having worked at CBS Fox and ESPN. Summerall is best known for his work with Tom Brookshier and then John Madden on NFL telecasts for CBS and Fox.