I don't worry about being bothered by the media. Either I'm going to talk or not talk.
I've finally learnt how to say, 'No comment'. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt.
You can take a position with the media, but don’t necessarily get in their face.
I can deal with the media; I can deal with some of the criticism I get and still focus on what I need to do.
My biggest problem in my life is I'm cheap and I didn't hire a publicist. In every awkward interview, normally actors get these things scripted.
Attention from the photographers is part of my life and I think the best thing is to learn to deal with it.
I'm not afraid of the media. I think I know how to handle them because I've been around them enough.
I've dealt with a lot of media and I know the New York media different, for sure.
You have to take the good with the bad. Some players only talk to the press when they are doing good. When you're doing bad you shouldn't shy away from them and when doing good, don't run up to them.
Know when to hold 'um, know when to fold 'um and know when to walk away from cameramen.
Even when I played, if they gave me the microphone after a match, whether a doubles final or a singles final, I'd handle the microphone pretty well.
My dad doesn't give me any advice about how to handle publicity.
I could be rude [with the media]. I could pull some of the [Bill] Parcells stuff, but I couldn’t get away with it. I wasn’t Parcells. They make light of it, but they’re not making light of it with me.
I believe, with the media, you must answer every question in some way. And in very, very, touchy situations, we must answer every question again and again.
I started with the Oakland A's back in 1971 and there was press at every game and there were cameras on me when I was that young. So with 20 years being MC Hammer, I'm comfortable with cameras so when the camera goes on, I continue doing what I'm doing.
I am not good at dealing with the modern media. I have not felt I have been as effective as I should be.
Dealing with the media is more difficult that bathing a leper
I don't really know how to work a camera.
You pretty much have to be prepared to talk about whatever the news is. Running for Congress was good practice for that.
There has been evolution in many different areas - the way I read the game; the way I prepare the game; the way I train; the methodology... I feel better and better. But there is one point where I cannot change: when I face the media, I am never a hypocrite.
I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't.
Al McGuire talked to me I don't know how many times about dealing with the press: "You've got to be a con man." I tried that for a day or so, but it never really worked for me.
I find it so astonishing how poorly a lot of politicians handle negative whatever in the press. You have to just get it all out there. You have to be totally, uncomfortably honest.
I'd like to have a little better relationship with the media. It's just that I don't think the media is comfortable with me.
I don't always agree with how everybody handles the media, just like they probably don't agree with how I handle the media and things that I say.
