I finally was able to catch up with Kevin Garnett, Forward for the World Champion Boston Celtics. Here are some excerpts from our discussion:
Me: Hey Kevin, thanks for meeting me here today, I am really honored. I didn't think that you would actually agree to do this when I left you that voicemail.
Kevin: Hey Clark, no problem, I mean you should have known that anything is possible...ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Wow, that was loud. Cool, well, um, to my first question, How does it feel to finally be world champion?
Kevin: You have no idea man, I mean I haven't slept for like 37 days, I am just like taking cat naps. I am a big fan of cat naps, you know, like the spokesperson for cat naps. It is the greatest feeling.
Me: That's great, but are you worried at all about your health? Lack of sleep can cause some pretty serious problems. Headaches, Hallucinations, Fainting, Color Blindness...
Kevin: It causes color blindness? Shoot, I better get some sleep.
Me: Tell me a little bit about your teammates and coach. Ray, Paul, Doc...
Kevin: Oh man, they are like my brothers, those guys. I mean, Ray was like hitting all the big shots and Paul was playing lock down "d" on Kobe and hitting shots, taking it to the rim. And Doc, I mean, he like doesn't write up the gameplans so much as like call out the plays. He is so talented at what he does.
Me: You mean coaching.
Kevin: No not that. I mean he's okay at that, but I mean like all his medical stuff between games. He like fixed Paul's leg and adjusted Danny Ainge's back on the bus and even wrote Sam Cassell a prescription for Ritalin and stuff.
Me: That's weird. I thought only doctors could do that.
Kevin: He is a doctor. I mean his name is Doc, you know?
Me: Well just because you have a name, doesn't...nevermind. So after the game in an interview you said that winning the title was the second best day of your life besides the birth of your child. How did your wife feel about that? I mean, was this better than your wedding?
Kevin: Yeah. A lot better. I mean like the wedding was fine and all but it wasn't like an accomplishment or nothing, you know? And my wife understands that I have to put the team first during the season. Just focus on winning championships. I mean it is like I said in that interview. I finally knocked out the bully that has been teasing me at school, you know? I mean, not a real-life bully, but like a fake one...a perpetual one, you know?
Me: You mean a proverbial bully?
Kevin: No, I think I mean a perpetual one.
Me: Okay. About that bully, you said quote "I knocked that bully's @$% out." Did you mean literally? It is possible to do, but it would be hard.
Kevin: It wasn't a real bully.
Me: I know, I'm just asking hypothetically.
Kevin: I don't know how to answer that, I mean, I'm not a doctor.
Me: But Doc Rivers is?
Kevin: You bet.
Me: I hate to nitpick, but to be a doctor you have to either go to medical school or get a PHD. Doc Rivers has done neither.
Kevin: Well, maybe he is a doctor anyway. I mean, anything's possible...
ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Kevin, do you think you could stop that?
Kevin: Oh man, I am sorry.
Me: It's just that I only have one good ear, and you are kind of yelling right in it.
Kevin: Sorry.
Me: Well since this is a Jazz fan website, I was wondering if you could answer some Jazz questions for us. What do the Jazz need to do to become champions next year?
Kevin: Well, they are really close, first of all. I mean, they are the only western team to come in and beat us at our place. And Deron Williams is a beast. They need to lock him up for awhile. Boozer is great, using both his hands around the basket. They just need a guy to clean up around the basket, be a defender, you know?
Me: Is there anyone out there that they could get that would fit that role?
Kevin: Well he was in the draft, but they passed on him.
Me: Who is that?
Kevin: Trent Plaisted. Man, that guy can flat out play.
Me: Hey Kevin, thanks for meeting me here today, I am really honored. I didn't think that you would actually agree to do this when I left you that voicemail.
Kevin: Hey Clark, no problem, I mean you should have known that anything is possible...ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Wow, that was loud. Cool, well, um, to my first question, How does it feel to finally be world champion?
Kevin: You have no idea man, I mean I haven't slept for like 37 days, I am just like taking cat naps. I am a big fan of cat naps, you know, like the spokesperson for cat naps. It is the greatest feeling.
Me: That's great, but are you worried at all about your health? Lack of sleep can cause some pretty serious problems. Headaches, Hallucinations, Fainting, Color Blindness...
Kevin: It causes color blindness? Shoot, I better get some sleep.
Me: Tell me a little bit about your teammates and coach. Ray, Paul, Doc...
Kevin: Oh man, they are like my brothers, those guys. I mean, Ray was like hitting all the big shots and Paul was playing lock down "d" on Kobe and hitting shots, taking it to the rim. And Doc, I mean, he like doesn't write up the gameplans so much as like call out the plays. He is so talented at what he does.
Me: You mean coaching.
Kevin: No not that. I mean he's okay at that, but I mean like all his medical stuff between games. He like fixed Paul's leg and adjusted Danny Ainge's back on the bus and even wrote Sam Cassell a prescription for Ritalin and stuff.
Me: That's weird. I thought only doctors could do that.
Kevin: He is a doctor. I mean his name is Doc, you know?
Me: Well just because you have a name, doesn't...nevermind. So after the game in an interview you said that winning the title was the second best day of your life besides the birth of your child. How did your wife feel about that? I mean, was this better than your wedding?
Kevin: Yeah. A lot better. I mean like the wedding was fine and all but it wasn't like an accomplishment or nothing, you know? And my wife understands that I have to put the team first during the season. Just focus on winning championships. I mean it is like I said in that interview. I finally knocked out the bully that has been teasing me at school, you know? I mean, not a real-life bully, but like a fake one...a perpetual one, you know?
Me: You mean a proverbial bully?
Kevin: No, I think I mean a perpetual one.
Me: Okay. About that bully, you said quote "I knocked that bully's @$% out." Did you mean literally? It is possible to do, but it would be hard.
Kevin: It wasn't a real bully.
Me: I know, I'm just asking hypothetically.
Kevin: I don't know how to answer that, I mean, I'm not a doctor.
Me: But Doc Rivers is?
Kevin: You bet.
Me: I hate to nitpick, but to be a doctor you have to either go to medical school or get a PHD. Doc Rivers has done neither.
Kevin: Well, maybe he is a doctor anyway. I mean, anything's possible...
ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Kevin, do you think you could stop that?
Kevin: Oh man, I am sorry.
Me: It's just that I only have one good ear, and you are kind of yelling right in it.
Kevin: Sorry.
Me: Well since this is a Jazz fan website, I was wondering if you could answer some Jazz questions for us. What do the Jazz need to do to become champions next year?
Kevin: Well, they are really close, first of all. I mean, they are the only western team to come in and beat us at our place. And Deron Williams is a beast. They need to lock him up for awhile. Boozer is great, using both his hands around the basket. They just need a guy to clean up around the basket, be a defender, you know?
Me: Is there anyone out there that they could get that would fit that role?
Kevin: Well he was in the draft, but they passed on him.
Me: Who is that?
Kevin: Trent Plaisted. Man, that guy can flat out play.
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