Terry Gannon, who played on the 1983 North Carolina State University national championship men's basketball team, is one of NBC's main voices during the Summer and Winter Olympics.
CEREMONY AT EIGHT. >> THE NEXT VOICE WILL PROBABLY SOUND FAMILIAR. WHILE WINNING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. WE CAUGHT UP TO REFLECT ON HOW THAT PREPARED HIM FOR ALL OF HIS BIGGEST MOMENTS ON TELEVISION. >> PREPARATION NEVER STOPS IT IS A FOUR-YEAR CYCLE EVERY TIME AROUND. >> CHAMPIONSHIP PREPARATION BACK IN THE COLLEGE SEASON. THEY HAD STRUGGLES BUT PULLED THREE TO FOR A NATIONAL TITLE. >>, THE MANY THINGS THAT TOMMY WAS IT'S A LONG HAUL BUT IT'S A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT. >> HE WAS OPEN IN THE FINAL MOMENTS CALLING FOR THE BALL. THEY DIDN'T PASS IT AND HE WAS THERE TO CLEAN UP THE MESS. >> YOU NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU'RE IN THE POSITION WHETHER YOU ACTUALLY WANT THE BALL OR WHETHER YOU KIND OF HIDE A LITTLE BIT AND ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS I WANT TO THE BALL. >> HE WANTED THE BALL TO BEGIN HIS TELEVISION CAREER ALSO. HE WAS GOING TO SAY YES TO ANYTHING. >> I GOT A CALL MONDAY MORNING FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF ABC AND SAID WE NEED TO GO TO TOKYO NEXT WEEK AND I DON'T KNOW FIGURE SKATING THAT WELL. BECAUSE I PLAYED FOR A GUY LIKE THAT ABLE TO TAKE ON EVERY CHALLENGE AND OTHER ASPECTS OF LIFE GETTING INVOLVED IN THINGS OTHER THAN SPORTS I WAS ABLE TO SAY YES AND QUICKLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. >> IN THE SUMMER GAMES HE
