This interview was broadcasted from the Dan Patrick Show, and was done on April 28th, 2016. The interviewer, of course, was Dan Patrick. His special guest that he wanted to interview was Carmelo Anthony, current basketball star. So, in this instance, there are only two parties taking place in this process. As the interview begins Dan Patrick tries to ease the mood and asked if he walked to his studio, because he does not live far from the studio. Carmelo Anthony replies with a laugh and says he did not walk today. That statement really help give a comfortable mood by being able to start the interview off with a laugh. After he asks his first question of, “Did you walk here from your house?”, Dan Patrick then started feeding off his answer …show more content…
He was still talking about where Carmelo played pick up at and then asked if he ever walked by and played. Carmelo responds by saying yeah and telling Dan Patrick the whole experience. Dan Patrick immediately, after Carmelo Anthony was done with his story, asked him how addicting is scoring. This is what is going to lead him to the questions he really wants to ask. He used a very good build up mechanism into getting into and trying to get to know Carmelo Anthony’s basketball mentality. Dan Patrick is using a lot of the direct Approach in this interview. Asking questions like: What’s the most points you ever scored? Who was it against? What kind of league was it? Then using and transition question and asking Carmelo when did he know he was actually good at basketball. Through this whole interview Carmelo Anthony is doing a terrific job on his answers and how he approaches certain questions. He seems very relaxed and at ease during the whole duration of the …show more content…
Carmelo Anthony says that Lebron was taught a different of play when he was younger. Dan Patrick asks how were you taught, how did you learn how to play the game in your childhood. Then asking who was his favorite player growing up. Dan Patrick is trying to keep Carmelo Anthony in the childhood era right now by asking things about his childhood to learn more about that era of his basketball career. Dan Patrick then asks Carmelo what is his Michael Jordan story, meaning an on the court story. Carmelo came to the NBA a year after Jordan had retired. Dan Patrick, when he prepared that question or this interview, should have know that. Carmelo Anthony and Michael Jordan are two different eras. So now the interview is at an awkward stage because Carmelo Anthony explains that to him and Dan Patrick responds with a pause. Dan Patrick does recover himself by asking him if he has in kind of Michael Jordan stores, not just on the basketball court, and Carmelo Anthony
It was not just his basketball skills that made him an iconic figure, it was his aura. The bald head, baggy shorts, and signature shoes distinguished him from other sports figures.
the decency to tell people, who took time out of their busy schedules, what his interview as pertaining
...to encourage his key player and to talk about his loss. He asked questions, and he was able to discern what topics needed to be broached, regarding his loss. Coach K said that Bobby Knight told him to take as much time as he needed. As an effective leader, he communicated his vision for the future because he showed he was more concern about his emotional needs. If he were concerned he would have never talked about the two remaining games that could have given West Point a win (Daft, 2011).
	Stephon Marbury is a basketball phenomenon. Mr. Marbury has been known by the basketball world at the young age of eleven. Many pressures and confrontations have encountered Mr. Marbury throught his entire basketball career. These began when he was a young child and they still accompany him.
Is High School football a sport, or is it more than that to some people? Recent newspaper headlines include such items as coaches abusing student athletes; fathers of athletes murdering coaches, and mother’s disabilitating cheerleading candidates to assure their daughters make the cheerleading team. In Odessa, Texas high school football is a major contributor to the society of a small town in Texas society. Every Friday night, 50,000 people fill the stadium to see high school students put their lives on the line to win a football game. H. G. Bissinger writes a novel called Friday Night Lights, about a year in 1988 where High School players prepare and play on the High School team, and what an impact they have on a small city in Texas.
The typical episode of the critically acclaimed, indie-darling, sitcom 30 Rock focuses on the lives of the writers, producers, executives and love interests of those involved in the production of a fictional sketch comedy television show called TGS with Tracy Jordan. 30 Rock is widely known as a show that deals with race, gender and class issues from multiple, humorous perspectives. Yet watching Season Five, Episode Twenty, a viewer could grow uncomfortable at the racial generalizations. The episode is entitled “Queen of Jordan” and is intended to parody the Real Housewives franchise of reality television. The episode was shot and aired as if it were a Bravo network reality show, entirely separate from 30 Rock, although it features the antics of the usual cast of 30 Rock. Although the critically acclaimed television show 30 Rock parodies the characterization of personhood on reality television, characters such as Angie Jordan (Sherri Shepherd) and her crew are still derivatives of these three classical African American stereotypes. 30 Rock’s uses these stereotypes to parody reality television and the humor stems from laughing at the racists rather than the race of the characters.
Everyone wants to get better at something, but some want it more than others. In “How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium”, the narrator wants to get better at basketball, so he wakes up everyday at 4:30 to go with his dad to his work. Everyday, the narrator would wait 3 hours in his dad’s car until the gym opened, only to sit on the bench and watch the other men play basketball. Finally, one of the best players, Dante, tells the narrator he can play but he’ll get “smoked”. However, the narrator proved him wrong. The narrator learns that if you persevere, work hard, and have confidence, your dreams may come true. In How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place
She quickly transitions to explaining how it was not only opportunity but also hard work that got her to where she was. In opening sentence she states, “I was just counseled not to be nervous, that’s almost impossible.” This was the first sentence of her speech, it opened it up with a bit of humor as the entire crowd she wass talking to laughed. The feedback she received from her audience almost gives her slight ease, she feels like she has their full attention. Being nominated to the highest court house in the nation must have really caused her excitement. As she is talking she sometimes slows down to a point where it seems she doesn’t want to lose track of what she is saying. This can be due to psychological noise she might have been experiencing while delivering her speech. The excitement of being nominated for the high ranking position would have made most people have wondering thoughts about the future that awaits
Although Danny is only four-eight, he overcomes great odds by leading a team who rejected him for being small. Since Mike Lupica made the protagonist a short elementary height, it creates a dramatic effect when his father asks him to coach, and then beats his old travel team. Danny Walker was used as a symbol to represent a great basketball mind behind a small middle schooler. The dedication and work ethic Danny has for basketball before and after he coaches the Warriors prove John Wooden’s quote, as he succeeds in being an on-court coach and star
“Iguodala to Curry, back to Iguodala, up for the layup! Oh! Blocked by James! LeBron James with the rejection!” These were the words spoken by ESPN’s Mike Breen during Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals, describing one of the best defensive plays in NBA history. Hello, I am Steven Lai, and we are here today to celebrate LeBron James. We celebrate him because he is one of the greatest basketball players on the court and off the court. As a huge LeBron fan, I can tell you all why we are here to celebrate him. To celebrate LeBron James, I will talk about his accomplishments in the NBA, his social activism, and his charitable acts.
He did not seem nervous at all. It came out natural for him to perform. He did not use any weird hand gestures or pace back and forth. The only thing I did notice, I guess since he is a big guy, he was sweating. I could see it on his forehead and arms, and he also noticed it but, of course he made a joke out of it.
...ption of learning the significance of family and how that approach has impacted every portion of Wade's life and profession. He sees that he is a enhanced basketball player and team member because of his loyalty to family and predominantly to his sons.
"I think what saved me is being honest. I think I somehow had the courage to do something and to say something that I knew would possibly end my career. Instead of making business more important, I made my soul and my life more important. And I think by being truthful, and being honest, that saved me"- Ellen DeGeneres . Ellen DeGeneres, well-known for her humorous talk-show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, is not just any comedian; she is defiantly one of most inspiring and touching key figures in the world. Every day she is teaching our society about equality, kindness and empathy to make the world the most loving place it can be. For this reason, Ellen DeGeneres necessitated social change in 20th Century America because of her great support with the equality of homosexuals, helping charities and people all around the world and most of all showing today’s youth to be themselves and nothing else.
When we were out of my neighborhood I asked where we were going and Kolin said we were going to Dre's apartment first; afterwards we would take the Metro down to Northwest because he had to meet up with some people for a drug deal. Mark began to roll a joint and he said, "Look, I scored some KB off this idiot high-school kid who thought it was swag. It's my treat ladies." We rolled up to Dre's apartment, drank a little and hot-boxed the van. As we sat there smoking, Kolin, Mark, and Dre began to talk about the recent events. "That party last Friday was fucking stupid. I can't believe they gave you shit at the door," said Kolin.
Jobs starts his speech with humor. He said, “I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation,” this statement instantly added an element of humor to his speech and this was well observed by the audience. The opening statements of the speech automatically lightened the mood. Steve jobs’ introduction appeals to the emotions of the audience, giving Jobs a valuable opening into the rest of his speech. In the whole speech, Jobs recites three stories from his personal life, which gave him inspiration.