Adam Amin

So that's a level of fame that even in the social media era doesn't feel like it's touchable.

That's a different level.

And I know everybody that was associated with MJ at that time and the Bulls at that time was worldwide known, and especially in a place like Spain.

And I think the other thing that I have a tendency to forget, which you reminded me of very eloquently there, is that sports in general, from a 30,000-foot view, is that, is a lot of that.

It provides a little respite from what seems to be a particularly daunting fray for a lot of people right now.

And...

In that lies a certain responsibility.

I don't think I'm responsible for everybody's feelings day in and day out, but I do think that we shared just the baseline understanding of the responsibilities of, hey, let's have a good time so that other people have a good time.

That's always been a broadcast kind of mantra where like...

If the guys or girls on the TV screen are having a decent time, more than likely to at least a portion of the audience, that will translate.

You'll smile at something that he's laughing at or I'm laughing at.

I imagine that if I was laughing at one of his bits, somebody at home probably was too, not everybody, and our senses of humor may differ, and that's okay, but I do think in the job itself, there is a certain responsibility to...

Be entertaining.

Our jobs, in essence, are... And this is how I talk to young broadcasters about it.

Your job is to be accurate, to inform with accurate information, to educate with accurate information, to...

punctuate the five to 10 moments in a broadcast of in the flow of a game itself in the contest that matter the most.

And there's only five to 10 of them most nights.

And the rest of the time, your job is to be completely palatable for two to the four hours.

I just don't want to piss you off that much.

I don't want to annoy you.