Quotes About Chick Hearn

Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.

Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer.

The most oft-repeated quote about Cooke, uttered behind his back, of course, came from Hearn: "He's the only man I've ever known," Chick would say, "who would like to die in his own arms.