Al Michaels has been a part of some major moments in sports during his lengthy career. Whether it's World Series games, Super Bowls, the 1980 Winter Olympics, or the NBA Finals, Al has seen some things in his day.

But when talking to Bill Goodykoontz of the Arizona Republic, a moment that stands out to Michaels isn't one you would think.

Michaels dug deep back to 1963, in the very early years of his career, saying calling a world record race for the Arizona State University mile relay team was one of the most amazing things he's seen.

"It was an incredible achievement," Michaels said, recalling the Sun Devils team comprised of Mike Barrick, Henry Carr, Ron Freeman and Ulis Williams ran their race in a time of 3 minutes, 4.5 seconds. The time was faster than the world record by over one second.

But Michaels' listenership on campus radio was obviously nowhere near the audience for Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, which marked his record-tying 11th Super Bowl broadcast.

"This thing was going to like 20 people, whoever could pick this cockamamie signal up," he said. "This was not big-time radio, trust me."

He acknowledged he's been part of some big-time and iconic moments in sports; the U.S. hockey team defeating the Soviet Union in 1980 was the most exciting. But to him, that record-setting moment at the time was just incredible.