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>> Jimmy: I'LL LET YOU OFF THE
HOOK ON THAT ONE.
YOUR SON, BY THE WAY, I KNOW IS
PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
RIGHT NOW.
>> RIGHT.
>> Jimmy: HE BETTER BE GOOD.
HE'S GOTTA BE GOOD, RIGHT?
>> HE'S REALLY GOOD.
HE'S BETTER THAN I WAS AT THE
AGE OF 16.
>> Jimmy: IS HE?
>> BUT I DON'T PUT A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON HIM.
I JUST TELL HIM, HAVE FUN.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A PROFESSIONAL
ASKETBALL PLAYER, I CAN SHOW YOU
HOW TO GET THERE.
BUT IF HE DOESN'T MAKE IT, IT'S
NOT GOING TO BE THE WORSE THING
IN THE WORLD.
THE ONLY PRESSURE I PUT ON THEM
IS TO GO TO SCHOOL AND MAKE
YOURSELF EDUCATED.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: THAT'S GOOD.
BUT OF COURSE THEY DO WHATEVER
THEY WANT.
SO IT REALLY ALMOST DOESN'T
MATTER WHAT PRESSURE YOU PUT ON
THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO
DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
>> AND THEY LIKE PLAYING THE
GAME.
I HAVE THREE THAT PLAY.
MY YOUNGEST, I THINK SHE'S THE
BEST.
AND MIMI ALSO PLAYS, BUT I THINK
MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WILL
PROBABLY --
>> Jimmy: WILL THEY GET
COMPETITIVE NOW THAT YOU'VE
DECLARED ONE OF THEM THE BEST?
>> ALL THE TIME.
THEY FIGHT ALL THE TIME.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU PLAY HARD, LIKE
IF YOU PLAY AGAINST YOUR SON?
>> I TRIED TO PLAY A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO AND SAID, I'M NEVER
PLAYING AGAIN.
>> Jimmy: WHY?
>> I LOST IT.
I JUST COULDN'T PLAY.
>> Jimmy: YOU LOST ENERGY OR
YOUR TOUCH?
>> IT WAS JUST GONE, EVERYTHING.
>> Jimmy: SO WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN WHEN I PIN YOU IN THE
JELLO WRESTLING?
>> THAT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN?
>> Jimmy: THAT COULD HUMILIATE
YOUR FAMILY.
>> YOU WILL NEVER PIN ME IN
JELLO.
[ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: WHEN YOU PLAY
BASKETBALL WITH YOUR KIDS, DO
YOU TEACH THEM HOW TO SHOOT
FREE-THROWS, OR DO YOU HAVE
SOMEBODY ELSE COME IN FOR THAT?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> ACTUALLY, A GREAT FREE-THROW
SHOOTER, YOU KNOW THAT.
I SAW YOU AT ALL THREE OF MY
PARADES.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S TRUE.
>> NO, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE THING
ABOUT SHOOTING, I USED TO BE A
SHOOTER WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER.
THEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH
DUNKING.
AND ANOTHER THAN SHOOT, I WANT
TO GET CLOSE TO THE BASKET.
BUT THEY'RE EXCELLENT SHOOTERS.
>> Jimmy: LISTEN, THE HALL OF
FAME IS GREAT.
ALL THESE ACCOLADES, WINNING
THESE TITLES, BUT TO GET A
STATUE OF YOURSELF OUTSIDE THE
STAPLES CENTER IS VERY, VERY
RARE.
AND VERY SPECIAL, RIGHT?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> IT'S SPECIAL AND I HAVE TO
THANK YOU, BECAUSE I CAME HERE
AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR, AND
YOU TOLD ME, AND YOU KNOW I
DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SAY.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, YOU DIDN'T
BELIEVE ME.
I HAD TO GO BACK AFTER THE SHOW
AND SAY, NO, I WASN'T KIDDING.
YOU REALLY GOT -- YOU'RE REALLY
GETTING A STATUE OUTSIDE.
>> IT'S -- IT'LL BE A GREAT
MOMENT.
IT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW.
FRIENDS WILL BE THERE, THE
FAMILY WILL BE THERE.
>> Jimmy: WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.