Biography

His father, Ed Sabol, founded NFL Films, which produces films for the National Football League. In 1989, Steve was named President of NFL Films.

Although that it was not his field, he was a voracious devotee of Classical Music.

Played football at Colorado College in the early 60s.

Suffered a seizure in March 2011.

While training for his college football in the Weight Room at Philadelphia Health club, he was urged by 1964 AAU Mr. America, Val Vasilleff and Pro Wrestling Champion, Buddy Rogers, to enter the AAU Mr. Philadelphia physique contest. Mr. Sabol did so and, as a novice, took 1st Place.

You know how I came up with the name 'Road to the Super Bowl?' It's an homage to the old Bob Hope - Bing Crosby buddy movies - you know, like 'Road to Zanzibar' or 'Road to Morocco.' Can you tell? All I've done my whole life is go to movies.

If you can show something as complicated as two people falling in love with just music and camera angles, well, just think about what you can do with football.

I don't go to games as much as I used to because of the NFL's Sunday Ticket. So I'll watch the games, take notes.

There have been nine Super Bowls in New Orleans, and not all of them have brought the best of luck to NFL Films. We got robbed twice there, got food poisoning, and my hotel room was broken into on the day the Bears played the Patriots in January 1986.

I've always been fascinated by Picasso and how he would look at a single image through multiple perspectives and from separate moments in time. He would look at a woman's face and he would see almost a three-dimensional look even though it was a flat canvas. I thought, well why couldn't we do the same thing with a football play?