A biography for Ernie Johnson Jr.hasn’t been written yet.
“I'm the TV guy trying to get us from point A to point B to point C.”
“The fans at home want to hear what LeBron or Kevin Durant or Steve Kerr has to say.”
“Every time I do a game on TBS, I wear these: my dad's cuff links from 1958.”
“There are just certain nuances of the game that cannot be defined by stats and that's why you can't rely on them. That's why Popeye Jones was Charles Barkley's biggest headache, not Kevin McHale. That's why Big Country Reeves is the guy who ate Shaquille O'Neal alive.”
“Some people say doing a studio show and doing play by play are two totally different animals. And to an extent, that's true.”
“I was hopeful and I was encouraged that there will be a difference between the President Trump and the campaigning Trump.”
“Baseball has been in my blood for a long, long time.”
“When you've got people taking opposite positions just to create a debate, viewers can see through it.”
“I actually covered a fire once at the apartment complex where I was living.”
“What I've always tried to do, whether it's the NBA or baseball or golf, is be charged with getting the color.”
“I like the Slam Dunk contest when it's good.”
“I had the world's greatest childhood. I used to hang around by the batting cage and have Hank Aaron ask me how my Little League team was doing.”
“If I ever complain about my job, hit me with a rubber hose.”
“You can recognize that you've been gifted in certain ways and be very thankful for that, but it doesn't mean that you brag about it.”
“If I were doing any better I'd be jealous of myself.”
“You're more apt to criticize an NBA player than you are a college players. Some of these guys are freshmen. They are learning the game. The other guys have taken it to the biggest stage there is. That's the NBA. So they are going to get more heat if they don't perform.”
“I love a place packed with history.”
“I just wish Twitter was used in a more positive way.”
“What can I ask the owner that I won't ask the GM that I won't ask the coach that I won't ask a player? I want to get something for the viewers at home.”
“No one cares what I think about a 6-foot putt. They care what Ian Baker-Finch thinks.”