Dan Burton: “Larry Bird was a great player, but he is also a great coach. Mr. Speaker, let me get back to the focus of my short…”

“Larry Bird was a great player, but he is also a great coach. Mr. Speaker, let me get back to the focus of my short message tonight. That is that the Indiana Pacers for the first time in history are going to be playing in the finals of the NBA. They are going to be playing the overwhelming favorite, the Los Angeles Lakers and Shaquille O'Neil, that titan of a man who is so tough to defend. But I want to tell a little story. I had an opportunity to talk to Jack Nicholson, the outstanding movie star, about another issue on the phone. He has won several Academy Awards. Mr. Nicholson, the first time I called him was at a Lakers game and I mentioned it to him. He said, ``Yes, I go to all the Lakers games.'' And I said, ``You know, Mr. Nicholson, it is a shame that the Los Angeles Lakers are going to be playing the Indiana Pacers, because we are going to beat their tail.'' And here is what he said: ``Not in your life, Dan.'' I do not know if that imitation was very good. ``Not in your life, son.'' So all I want to say tonight to Mr. Nicholson, if he happens to be watching in California, Mr. Speaker, is, ``You do not know anything about Hoosier pride, because we are going to win. We are going to win. We are going to kick the tail of the Los Angeles Lakers.'' Go Pacers.”