Daniel Mann was the lead commentator of a football match between Tottenham Hotspurs and West Ham United. I am not a fan of either of those teams, but it was an interesting watch for the neutrals as well. It was my first time listening to Mr. Mann.
As a football commentary aficionado, I admired Mr. Mann’s impressive wit and brilliant delivery. During the game, he said something that stayed with me.
He said that Harry Kane’s hat trick of assists was disputable, but what David Moyes felt about it was not.
He did a few things here. He made the statement just as the camera rolled towards Mr. Moyes, the West Ham manager. The co-commentator had already declared the hat trick, while the assist for first goal was not clear-cut.
Mr Mann had noticed the equivocal nature of the assist, and found a window to point it out quite ingeniously.
Such is the way of a thinking man. He sees and hears everything, and waits for the right time to put his points through. He is always ready with a multitude of assertions and retorts in his head.
He wouldn’t be able to do so if he was not observant, clever, and willing to learn and absorb all things which helped him in honing his craft.
Be a thinking man.
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