00:04that was tough we knew the day was coming still tough been here for 26 27 years and
00:17it's been an honor and a privilege to work with you all this time and Kenny and Shaq and the
00:24amazing people behind the scenes nothing like it to be able to dribble a stupid basketball and
00:31get rich and famous and then come here and get paid to watch the best players in the world the
00:39best players in the world you get paid to do it we'd watch anyway and so many people had you
00:45know
00:48Turner WBD and now I guess we skydance but it's been an amazing journey you've been our leader
00:57our unquestionable leader the question I'm asked the most I'm not gonna lie
01:03most of the time I'm like where's Shaq and where's Kenny like I keep him in my damn back pocket
01:08but the question I'm probably asked the most is is Ernie Johnson as good a person as he's seen and
01:14I
01:14say man he's better than that I just want to say thank you thank you for for being our leader
01:24for
01:24all these years and man it's still even though I knew it was coming yeah it's still hard brother
01:32but all I can say you know one of my great mentors was Joe Morgan and he gave me this
01:39piece of advice
01:40one time he was gonna meet Jackie Robinson he called his dad said dad I'm gonna meet Jackie
01:46Robinson tomorrow what do I say I don't know how to put it into words he said son just tell
01:52him thank
01:53thank you because the thank you goes a long way and he said he's bumped into Jackie Robinson like 20
02:00years
02:00later he says you're the kid who said thank you to me and all I can say Ernie is thank
02:07you
02:08Chuck Street that means uh yeah it means the world I was I was holding everything together pretty well
02:14today and then looking at you man you're about to yeah it's not the last day but you know no
02:20we've got
02:21no no no no it's like
