Scott Hamilton

Oh, my God.

Oh, Scott Hamilton, the ice skater, went there.

Psychology.

Nursing and psychology.

Kate Snow, NBC anchor nationally.

Scott Hamilton, the Olympic skater.

A couple hockey stars.

And my mom all wrote little pieces in it talking about how... tenacity has made all the difference for them too.

Like among the, the best in the world.

What changed? I know you've had Scott Hamilton as your coach over the last couple years, but was there anything that changed specifically this year in terms of swing or course management or anything like that that has allowed you to become a really, really good iron player?

Yeah, so I...

Last year, after the tour championship, you know, I had a great year and I made it there.

So, uh, let's move onto a comic Don Quixote.

Scott Hamilton.

Okay.

Stars on Ice 2000.

[laughs]

And I feel like Don Quixote was sort of, like, the perfect music for this, because it's, like, classical, but also a little bit silly, and it's, you know, uh, it, it, it suited this, like, sort of absurdist take.

And Scott Hamilton was great-

Mm-hmm

So Mike had the opportunity to meet several of the Pirates legends, including my baseball hero, Willie Stargell.

He's turned me on to several guests, including our mutual wonderful friend now, Scott Hamilton.

Mike now has battled through so many horrible things over the last several years, like cancer, which first came for his prostate, then his head and neck, followed by his tongue and his GI system.

and each and every time he battled through it.

He is also an amazing writer.

He's written several books now.

Last year when he joined me, we talked about his book at that time, which was titled The Final Broadcast, with the foreword being written by our friend Scott Hamilton.

He also wrote a short book titled Bella, The Little Furry Chiweenie Who Saved Our Lives.

And these are people like Peter Frampton, Jonathan Cain from Journey, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley, Chris Young, Dirks Bentley, and Garth Brooks from Country Music.

Two astronauts, the head of SEAL Team 6, Kate Snow, the NBC weekend anchor, three athletes, Scott Hamilton, the Olympic star, all write something in the book, and a few others I'm sure I skipped.

But if you ask them, even though these people have photographic memory maybe or pitch perfect hearing or incredible natural balance and athletic ability.

If you ask them why they made it, they will all tell you it's because they didn't give up.

I also was moved to tears, which I think it's unusual for all of us for most of these recordings.

But I saw Scott Hamilton give a TED Talk, and he talked about how He's been diagnosed with various forms of cancer and that at the time each thing happened, he and his wife would say, it is what it is and we'll figure it out.

And I think that what all of our panelists went through, things would happen and they would address it as it is what it is.

We'll figure it out and we'll get through it.