00:00It would be exciting in any event if I just did it by myself, but to have three generations doing
00:05this, it's extraordinary.
00:07The old cliche, you'll never forget it, but that really applies here.
00:11For me as a Knick fan, it's particularly appealing as well.
00:15Everyone's talking how they've waited 53 years. If they're old enough, you wouldn't qualify.
00:20I've waited 25 years before I waited 50 years, so I think I've been waiting about 75 years.
00:27I would secretly listen to college basketball and Knick basketball on the radio.
00:32My parents didn't want me doing that, of course, so I kept watching the door, and as the light was
00:37blocked, I'd turn off the radio.
00:39So it goes back a long way.
00:41Every father looks through life through his son's or daughter's eyes, and so to just see that magic and see
00:47the awe there was probably my favorite moment.
00:50It's incredible. If you look around, walking to One Liberty Plaza, you're seeing all these feet hanging from the second
00:57floor because it's trying to get a vantage point.
00:59And as we've talked about earlier, just sort of the unity and the community that basketball brings and the ticker
01:05tape brings.
01:06And the Knicks, I think the leadership leading with Jalen and sort of the family values and just the great
01:11stories of all the players and their heart and their grit.
01:14They're great role models for this generation, and that's what I care about the most, is that I think sports
01:20is a great vehicle to have role models that kids like my son Levi and my four other kids can
01:25look up to.
01:26So to me, that's the real special moment.
01:28I like it when everybody's cheering and stuff, and I think it's cool to watch everybody do all this crazy
01:39fun stuff.
01:40In terms of enjoying it with my family, this is certainly one of the highlights.
01:45And particularly at this point in our history, there's so much division, so much polarization.
01:52To have everyone band together, no matter what their political views or their ethnic background, is particularly exciting.
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