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Jim Nantz

American Entertainer

Born: May 17, 1959

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Far and away, the question I'm asked most often is, 'What's your favorite sporting event to call?' I can't say I've ever answered the question well, simply because the three biggest events I broadcast for CBS Sports - the Super Bowl, the NCAA Men's Final Four and the Masters - each are incomparable. Jim Nantz

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I want Alzheimer's. I want Lou Gehrig's disease. I want Parkinson's. I want Huntington's. I want to be the face and voice of all these neurological traumas. I want them all. Jim Nantz

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Golf is a central part of my life and I look forward to working with the great folks at Vineyard Vines to create an authentic golf apparel brand that speaks to the golfer. Jim Nantz

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We want the game to be attractive to a new audience, but you have to be careful because there are certain traditions this game upholds. Silence over the swing, that's always been there. That's not understood by those who don't play golf. Jim Nantz

Lance Barrow's a great producer and we work together exceptionally well. Jim Nantz

Work Great Together Exceptionally Well Work Together Producer

Alzheimer's is such an insidious disease. Jim Nantz

Insidious Alzheimer Disease

I can't think of anything in my profession that would mean as much. You can talk about Emmys or Super Bowls. Fifty Masters Tournaments, that would be the ultimate. Jim Nantz

You Think Would Would-Be Super Super Bowls About Emmys Tournaments Talk Bowls Masters Ultimate Anything Mean Much Fifty Profession

Jim Murray's greatest writings were golf writings. Jim Nantz

Jim Writings Greatest Were Golf

I hate whenever there's a social issue that comes up in golf and people in the mainstream media who hate golf and who've conjured up all these stereotypes of people who are in the sport, the way they tear it down... I resent it, and I'll defend golf and people in golf until my dying day. Jim Nantz

Nothing in golf is certain, especially on the PGA Tour. Jim Nantz

Nothing Tour Golf Certain

As a teenager, Tiger was self-assured and mature, yet also warm and charming. But the warm outward veneer gradually changed. When he pulled off his 'win for the ages' at the 1997 Masters, he already was sharing less of his softer, emotional side. Jim Nantz

George H.W. Bush had perhaps the greatest resume in American history. Director of the CIA, ambassador to the U.N., envoy to China, vice president of the United States and then, of course, president. It's staggering to contemplate one person achieving so much. Jim Nantz

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Just as many golfers feel a kinship with Ben Hogan or Bobby Jones after studying their lives, such is the closeness I feel with Lawson Little Jr. Little quite simply is the most underappreciated golfer of the first half of the 20th century. Jim Nantz

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The Masters is the one tournament with a timeless quality, where legends are celebrated. Jim Nantz

Quality Tournament Masters Timeless Celebrated Legends Where

I don't like hot takes any more than I like hot cakes. Jim Nantz

More Hot Takes Cakes Like Than Any

The sentimentality that people see and hear in my commentary and sometimes ridicule, parody or just don't like - that's okay. We're all wired differently. I think about that a lot. I can't explain it. That's just what runs through my blood. It's just the way I look at the world. Jim Nantz

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I don't like scripts. Jim Nantz

Like Scripts

I try to talk openly from how I feel. People may not agree with it. It may sound foreign to them. That's an uncomfortable position for some people, to be sentimental, nostalgic - it's all kind of the same. Jim Nantz

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I like stories. I like to figure out how history ties to the present. Jim Nantz

History Out Like Ties How Stories Figure Present

The sport is not about one player, and I say that with a world of respect for his talents on the golf course. But the game is bigger than Tiger Woods. Jim Nantz

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My dad had nothing but friends in his life. Jim Nantz

Life Nothing Had His Friends Dad

I love Augusta. I get to cover what I consider to be the best golf tournament of the year, and I really would like to think that one day - God willing, CBS willing - I'd be able to say that I worked 50 Masters. Jim Nantz

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