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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4260034, member: 289"] Jerry certainly has a lot going on in his mind but I noticed this comment: "I'm not looking for sympathy. I'm just telling the truth. You'd probably never know I was in it, I mask it so well." Also "His humility was as critical as his eagle eye. He could stand quietly on the edges and observe his players, figure out what their egos needed, and supply it." and "Worthy, one of the stars on the Showtime Lakers, says in West by West. "He internalizes his thoughts so much, it looks like pain." You don't need to show a guy swearing like Tommy Lasorda to reveal character. You can pick certain moments where he reveals himself to someone close to him or to someone he's counseling. My idea of exercising dramatic license is the fact that Pat Riley became Chick Hearn's broadcast partner in 1977, not 1979. It's not making Jerry West look like a jerk when wasn't. [/QUOTE]