Mike Burns
Mike Burns
Songwriter and co-founder of Interstate, a Los Angeles-based electronic and dance music production company. He earned a Grammy nomination for his production work on the 2004 album Creamfields.
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth29 January 1973
motivate together work
No one's really better than the others. We just try to work together and motivate each other.
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Shooting percentage is indicative of effort. BYU showed tremendous effort and it showed in their shooting. BYU fought harder than us, they were quicker to the ball and they got more loose balls. They came out with a lot of energy and we couldn't match them.
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You miss the little things the most - familiar faces, the kids' ball games, your normal routine.
A new year, a new home, a new truck, a new life.
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They do a great job of pressuring people defensively. And their defense is designed to just jam up everything and take you out of any sort of pattern. Under those circumstances, you've got to be sound with the dribble, sound with the pass, and sound with the catch. And for stretches we were 0-for-3 in that department.
kids
We want stability, a routine. The kids need that.
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I knew there were spots available when I signed. There are a lot of guys here battling for them. Good competition makes for a better team.
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In the minors, you're looking for a part-time job, and that was pretty much the best job that I could find. I had my degree, and I got my emergency teaching certificate. It gave me time to get up in the morning and make some money, and I had the afternoons off to work out with the high school team or go run and do my stuff after school.
ball familiar family home
Home is so much more than just a house. It's family, familiar faces, ball games, a routine. We know that now.
simplicity challenges tools
One of the main challenges, for me, has been to keep simplicity in its place. It’s only a tool. It’s not the destination, it’s the vehicle that gets us there
Death is not going to hold down Huell Howser.
music drinking games
Is the circle of fifths a drinking game?
far feeling wrong
I don't think anything was wrong with Stuckey. If there was he didn't tell me. He may have been a little under the weather, but as far as I know he was feeling fine.
came good hitting knew team win
They just came out swinging. They're a good hitting team and we knew that. That's what made the first win so nice.