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I got hired by the Cards when I was 21, and I could handle the job, but for the most part, I got hired because I was somebody's kid. When you start that way, you have a lot to prove.
Joe Buck
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Joe Buck
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: April 25
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St. Petersburg
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Joseph Francis Buck
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I'm the luckiest guy in the world to be my parents' son.
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I think when you do radio there's a certain amount of freedom that when you walk in and sit down and turn the mic on, it's you. It's all you.
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Every time you see kid and hear kid, you think, man, I have to not sound like a kid.
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I think sometimes, you have to pick your spots about when a game gets intense or when the game's outcome is pivoting in that moment.
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I think most people associate me with my dad.
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You have to do well on third downs.
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I think by its very nature, it's redundant, you know, being the play-by-play guy on television.
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It's kind of my intention to be myself on the show. My main priority on FOX is to do play-by-play. Nobody's tuning in to listen to me. If I didn't show up to do the games, people would watch, and the ratings probably wouldn't be all that different. That's not why people are watching.
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You have to trust yourself.
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It's a different world for those of us who are doing this for a living. Certainly a lot different than my dad had to deal with when he was calling games on a national level for CBS. It's just a different world. I'm not saying it's better or worse, there's just a lot more access.
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I think Jeff [Van Gundy] is really, really good and fun to listen to. And I would be disappointed if - I know he offered to not be a part of the broadcast - he wasn't on the air. We'd all miss something. I think the [brother situation] adds the human element.
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No fat batboy is invisible.
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I started in radio. I enjoy the mental gymnastics that go along with matching voice to picture and vice versa and trying to accent the action as opposed to provide all of the action through my words. And that's really what play-by-play is.
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