Dan Patrick

Now the game begins.

It's like the first time you become an all-star, right?

Well, the pressure now is the second time you become an All-Star, not the first time.

And just that first time where you get recognized and it's like, okay, it's on.

I watched every single SportsCenter I did right after I did SportsCenter.

And I was looking for the things I didn't do well or didn't do right.

I was looking for subtle nuance.

How did I look?

How did I sound?

Timing, timing of, you know, with a home run, not getting in the way of a high line, you know, all this stuff, all this stuff.

So, no, I did not appreciate it because I was maniacal and I didn't want somebody to take my job.

And Keith had the great line one time, I mean, I'm really grinding after every, right after the show, I walk right into the control room, I get the big tape, I go upstairs and I go through the entire show.

And Keith walks by at one point and he says, you got the fucking job.

And then he kept walking.

And it helped me relax.

I would time it out.

If Greg Maddux threw a pitch and Bonds was going to hit a home run, I wanted that ball to get to the bat.

It had to get to the bat.

And then I'd go, gone.

I wanted to have the timing of it.