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Michael "Willie" Ray Wilbon (/ˈwɪlbɒn/; born November 19, 1958) is an ESPN commentator and former sportswriter and columnist for The Washington Post. He is an analyst for ESPN and has co-hosted Pardon the Interruption on ESPN with former Post writer Tony Kornheiser since 2001.

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The thing about great athletes is that they all believe they can win the very next time.

Athlete, Athletes, Believe, Time, Winning

There are always late bloomers [in sport], no matter size, although big men are more often late bloomers.

Although, Matter, Men, Sport, Sports

Sports don't define us; it is not what we live for.

Define, Live, Sports

Baseball should adopt replay, plain and simple. If we can see it at home or on hand-held PDAs, the technology should be used in games.

Adopt, Baseball, Home, Replay, Technology, Used

Players suffer coaching changes all the time; it's life in the NFL.

Coaching, Football, Nfl, Player, Players, Suffer

God, I'm glad I grew up in a time when kids followed sports in the newspaper and on TV and knew every sport.

Kids, Sports, Time, Tvs

Steinberg occupies a position that is very dear to those of us who've held it over the years: sports columnist at The Post. If all he wants to do is be popular--and I think Dan is better than that--then the readers of The Washington Post sports section won't be very well served. Telling readers how great they are as sports fans was never one of my priorities. The only thing worse than people who can't stand to hear an unpopular or unflattering opinion is those that are too afraid to state one.

Sports, Steinberg, Thinking, Unflattering, Years

The coverage [of crimes] is different. It's less angry when white [athletes] are involved, less accusatory, less judgemental. I see that in the pieces that are written and reported. At times it bothers me to the point that I just stop reading. . . just stop.

Reading, Athlete, White, Athletes, Point, Involved

I don't want to sound like some grumpy old man telling you to get off my lawn.

Lawn, Men, Old, Sound, Want

Whatever you paid to see Michael Jordan it wasn't enough. You knew that every night out there you were gonna get the greatest concert of your life.

Concert, Enough, Jordan, Life, Night

Chats are so new to newspapers, historically. But they're so incredibly valuable because editors
reporters
columnists get to find out what's on the minds of our readers, what you think we should be writing about, what ticks you off, what makes you happy. Sometimes it can confirm what you think readers are interested in; sometimes it can turn you around 180 degrees.

180, Editors, Thinking, Ticks, Valuable, Writing

My opinion is there should NOT be an MVP award [in hockey]. The Olympic teams sports shouldn't acknowledge individuality. And if there is going to be such an award a player on the losing team who lets in the losing goal shouldn't get it.

Hockey, Lets, Losing, Sports, Team

We [Americans] are a football-baseball-basketball-golf culture with some ocassional forays into tennis and less often the winter sports.

Americans, Baseball, Basketball, Forays, Sports

Professional football is the most violent thing your eyes have ever seen.

Eye, Football, Professional, Seen, Violent

Football can stand parity better than any of the other sports, I think. Baseball, basketball and hockey need a defining team, in essence to frame the season. Football? Not so much.

Baseball, Basketball, Essence, Sports, Stand

People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.

Identify, People, Sports, Team

Lombardi, Shula, Landry and Gibbs were innovators. Bill Walsh was a visionary. . . .

Bills, Innovators, Lombardi, Shula, Visionaries