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Jim Nantz

American Entertainer

Born: May 17, 1959

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When Jack Nicklaus won the Masters in 1986, it was mind-blowing. How in the world could a 46-year-old win the Masters? Jim Nantz

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I was named first-team Jersey Shore by the Asbury Park Press, the paper I used to deliver as a young boy. I got to Houston and Coach Williams invited me to walk on the golf team. I was the 18th man on an 18-man golf team. Jim Nantz

I can't get people to understand how important the Alzheimer's fight is to me. Jim Nantz

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I'm not an agate type ESPN Sports Center highlight, in-your-face kind of a sports fan. Jim Nantz

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You know, my father used to look at people and he treated everyone with such respect, and he always believed that he would rather trust you face on and be disappointed perhaps down the road, be disappointed some of the time rather than never to trust someone, never to believe in someone, and alas, be disappointed all the time. Jim Nantz

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The Super Bowl is the biggest event in America, the biggest event in television. The preparation and all of the behind-the-scenes detail is immense. The Final Four is just a fraction behind that in terms of the preparation. Jim Nantz

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The Masters is poetry to me. Jim Nantz

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I just enjoy seeing people break through those ceilings when people press them down and say, 'He can't do this or that.' It's always fun to document those types of stories when someone breaks through. Jim Nantz

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I live every day the job that I dreamed of as a boy. Jim Nantz

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If there is only one event you could work the rest of your life, it would be Augusta. Jim Nantz

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If you want to say that I am vanilla, then I can give you a long list of broadcasting giants who fall into that same category because all of them always had the same goal that is my goal to this day: It is not about me. Jim Nantz

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Someone pointed out that Dick Enberg and Curt Gowdy are the only two ever to call a Super Bowl and a Final Four. So I'll be the third. I get a kick out of putting my name in the same sentence as those other two giants. Jim Nantz

My father was very athletic. He was a life-of-the-party kind of guy - walked into the room and there was a presence about him. He was a great storyteller, just a terrific sense of humor. Having said that, he never put all of those talents or abilities into some public arena. He was never interviewed, never on television. His family was everything. Jim Nantz

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As my father went through a really, really long and dark period of his health declining and falling deeper into the abyss, I knew I was never going to let my family and my children experience this without any long-term care. Jim Nantz

Every little crazy dream that I had has come true, and more. And I'm always mindful that this is not a birthright, that one day I would have the chance to come to Augusta every year. Just a crazy, really, almost obsession for me. Jim Nantz

I think I shot 78 one time. My golf game is so overrated. Jim Nantz

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I think when you have a National Championship Game, a Super Bowl, a Final Four, a World Series, I don't see why there is any reason to pick out one individual as the MVP because it is about a team winning a championship. Maybe that best explains what I believe in at the core in my work as a broadcaster. Jim Nantz

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I love stone crabs. And I love popcorn. Jim Nantz

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I loved Tom Landry and Roger Staubach. Jim Nantz

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I would like to work 50 Masters Tournaments. Jim Nantz

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I love what I do. Every show is it's own challenge and I love it. Jim Nantz

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To me, I'm a storyteller. Jim Nantz

Me Storyteller

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