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"It’s funny, I spent 39 years talking about what’s going on in front of me, not what’s going on in my head. I decided this year -- Teri said to me, ‘You’re crazy,’ I said, ‘No, it’ll be fine' -- I decided this year that I was going to just say what I think a lot more.
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"Then with the passing of Tommy, he would want me to say more. So I say more and this happens. So I should have said more 10 years ago, maybe it would have happened sooner.”

Fencer reregistered wrote:https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/mike-gorman-enter-hall-fame-2021-curt-gowdy-award-recipient

"It’s funny, I spent 39 years talking about what’s going on in front of me, not what’s going on in my head. I decided this year -- Teri said to me, ‘You’re crazy,’ I said, ‘No, it’ll be fine' -- I decided this year that I was going to just say what I think a lot more.
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"Then with the passing of Tommy, he would want me to say more. So I say more and this happens. So I should have said more 10 years ago, maybe it would have happened sooner.”

Fencer reregistered wrote:Nice article from 2019. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2019/05/01/got-the-winding-improbable-journey-celtics-voice-mike-gorman/Y1CBHdQymaFwCqF5mzFkoM/story.html

Tidbits:
-- He used to live in Manhattan and commute for gamedays.
-- When he was in the Navy he used to airdrop Playboy magazines to Russian submarines.

31to6 wrote:Mike should tell the same anecdote that Tommy did, including cranking up the middle finger.

Spoiler:

I know that there is a negative one billion percent chance of Mike doing such a thing

Bad-Thoma wrote:I was so excited to hear this during the game and it was great to see how much it meant to Mike. Of course he handled it like always, with grace and gave the credit to others. He also said if being in gives him a voice he's going to do what he can to see that Tommy becomes the first person is as a player, coach, and broadcaster.