Tom Hart
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Podcast Appearances
It's tilting a little bit, but the games are so important and every single aspect matters.
And that's why I love him on college basketball, because he has this great enthusiasm and he can have fun with it and can work in a couple of one-liners.
That is what it's supposed to be, is entertainment.
Very rarely do you have a game where every single thing absolutely matters.
Every single play, every inch.
Like, no, we've got two and a half hours to entertain people and get them away from whatever frustrations they have in their life.
They just want to sit on the couch and enjoy this game.
Well, I understand the panic because, um,
i think a great motivator in life especially as a performer which is what you're doing in that moment is the fear of failure right or the fear to be you know exposed as fraudulent not that you really had to worry about it that much like your bosses understood what role they were putting you in and how different it was um but
You're going to make mistakes the first time you do it.
The only difference is you happen to be the first person in ESPN history.
The first game you call is a national broadcast.
I spent nine years calling minor league baseball.
And they're like, Hey, let's put Matt Jones on a ball game.