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Nowitzki's secret? Singing Hasselhoff
AP ^
| May 17, 2006
Posted on 05/18/2006 7:22:11 AM PDT by presidio9
After helping Dallas win two straight playoff games by sinking clutch free throws, Dirk Nowitzki divulged Tuesday the secret to his success.
“You just try to relax,” he said. “There are a lot of things going through your mind. I try to sing sometimes to kind of take the pressure off.”
It must be one impressive tune considering Nowitzki made two foul shots with 7.9 seconds left for the tying and winning points in Game 3 against San Antonio, then forced overtime by making two free throws with 8.5 seconds left in regulation of Game 4.
Smiling wide and laughing loud, he said the song was David Hasselhoff’s “Looking For Freedom,” a big hit when he was a kid in Germany.
Told about his star’s ritual, Mavs coach Avery Johnson said he wished he’d known about it sooner.
“He should’ve taught me that,” Johnson said. “I was only a 68, 70 percent free-throw shooter when I played. I never thought of that.”
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Sports
KEYWORDS: davidhasselhoff
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posted on
05/18/2006 7:22:12 AM PDT
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
NO HASSELHOFF PICS PLEASE! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY!
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posted on
05/18/2006 7:25:21 AM PDT
by
RockinRight
(She rocks my world, and I rock her world.)
To: RockinRight; martin_fierro; beyond the sea; finnman69; Tijeras_Slim; Slings and Arrows
NO HASSELHOFF PICS PLEASE! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY!
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posted on
05/18/2006 7:29:31 AM PDT
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
To: RockinRight
Ok, how about this?
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posted on
05/18/2006 7:34:21 AM PDT
by
Maximus of Texas
(On my signal, pull my finger.)
To: RockinRight; presidio9; beyond the sea; finnman69; Tijeras_Slim; Slings and Arrows
Rules were made to be broken.
To: presidio9
Yikes. Now I have to pull for San Antonio!
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posted on
05/18/2006 7:54:30 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: presidio9
Yikes. Now I have to pull for San Antonio!
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posted on
05/18/2006 7:54:31 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: RockinRight
I like Hasselhoff!
I think he's cute and I think his videos are funny.
So there.
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posted on
05/18/2006 7:56:11 AM PDT
by
najida
(Love like you've never been hurt, work like you don't need the money, dance like nobodys watching.)
To: presidio9; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
THE POWER OF HASS COMPELLS YOU!
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:10:20 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(When Al Franken had his bris, they threw away the baby and saved the foreskin.)
To: Xenalyte
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:18:18 AM PDT
by
JennysCool
("I simply do not remember getting out of bed.")
To: Allegra; Bacon Man; Blackirish; Bloody Sam Roberts; Darksheare; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; Eaker; ...
It's not quite a video, but the story is good for a laugh, so Ultimate Nutball David Hasselhoff Video Ping List ping!
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:20:21 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Pudding won't fill the emptiness inside me . . . but it'll help.)
To: Xenalyte
What's Snapper up to these days?
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:21:49 AM PDT
by
FearlessFreep
(Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
To: Xenalyte
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:22:01 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
("Oh No! Zombies!" Actually, they aren't. They just haven't had their coffee yet.)
To: FearlessFreep
You remember him as Snapper, too?? Wow. I'm impressed.
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:24:19 AM PDT
by
Auntbee
(I have become comfortably numb.)
To: Xenalyte
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:24:41 AM PDT
by
najida
(Love like you've never been hurt, work like you don't need the money, dance like nobodys watching.)
To: Auntbee
I remember him as snapper and there was someone prior to him that was snapper (does anyone know his name?)
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:25:23 AM PDT
by
najida
(Love like you've never been hurt, work like you don't need the money, dance like nobodys watching.)
To: najida
Can't go back before David. My memory doesn't work like it used too.
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:28:02 AM PDT
by
FearlessFreep
(Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
To: Auntbee
I used to watch the SOAPS with mom as child. Had no choice, only 3 channels.
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:28:50 AM PDT
by
FearlessFreep
(Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
To: FearlessFreep
The orginal Snapper was...
(Drumroll please)
Ronn Moss!
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:33:01 AM PDT
by
najida
(Love like you've never been hurt, work like you don't need the money, dance like nobodys watching.)
To: Xenalyte
This makes me want to peek at The Scary Video again.
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posted on
05/18/2006 8:39:59 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Tards Rule!)
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