My on-the-court game was ordinary. I had a jumper but needed screens. I could go right but not left.
Marv AlbertIn radio, you are the game, so to speak - you have to describe every aspect. In TV, Ive always felt less is more, and its really a question of my setting up the color analyst more than anything else.
Marv AlbertTo me, doing the Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona for NBC, just seeing the Dream Team take the floor, was a thrill for me. I dont think there was another team in any sport with that high level of athletes playing together.
Marv AlbertI feel very fortunate that I'm doing what I wanted to do from the third grade on. I became very interested in the sports broadcasting aspect even at that early age. I'd turn down the sound on the TV and do games in my house - and probably get everybody looking for me to go into a room and lock the door so they didn't have to hear it.
Marv AlbertThe Chicago Bullsโ Michael Jordanโs three-point explosion in Game 1 of the 1992 NBA Finals against Portland is easily one of the greatest performances Iโve ever seen. As he made his sixth straight, he winked directly at (broadcast partner) Mike (Fratello) and me and held his palms up in a shrug, as if to say, What can I do?
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