00:04that was that was tough we knew today was coming still tough been here for 26 27 years and it's
00:19been an honor and a privilege to work with you all this time and Kenny and Shaq and the amazing
00:24people behind the scenes nothing like it to be able to dribble a stupid basketball and get rich
00:32and famous and then come here and get paid to watch the best players in the world the best players
00:40in
00:40the world you get paid to do it we'd watch anyway and so many people had you know Turner WBD
00:49and now
00:50I guess we skydance but it's been an amazing journey you've been our leader an unquestionable leader
01:00the course I'm asked the most I'm not gonna lie most of the time I'm like where's Shaq and where's
01:05Kenny like I keep him in my damn back pocket but the question I'm probably asked the most is is
01:11Ernie Johnson as good a person as he's seen and I say man he's better than that you know I
01:19just want
01:19to say thank you thank you for for being our leader for all these years and man it's still even
01:28though
01:29I knew it was coming yeah it's still hard brother but all I can say you know one of my
01:34great mentors
01:35was Joe Morgan and he gave me this piece of advice one time he was gonna meet Jackie Robinson he
01:42called his
01:43dad said dad I'm gonna meet Jackie Robinson tomorrow what do I say I don't know how to put it
01:50into
01:51words he said son just tell him thank you because the thank you goes a long way and he said
01:57he's bumped
01:58into Jackie Robinson like 20 years later he says you're the kid who said thank you to me and all
02:05I can
02:05say Ernie is thank you Chuckster that means that means the world I was I was holding everything
02:13together pretty well today and then looking at you man you're about to it's not the last day but you
02:20know we got no no no no no no no like
