Doing Quote by Ahmad Rashad Download Open image “We were doing sports. It was entertainment. It wasn't like it was investigative reporting.” — Ahmad Rashad ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Doing Entertainment Like Sports Were
I've always loved reporting from the field most of all. There's something about doing live TV and being there as it happens that's always… — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
Investigative journalism has been relegated to a very, very tiny space in America. We don't really have much investigative journalism left. And the last… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
I have this huge dossier on sports that I had collected over 10 years. Every human interest story has been cut out and filed away. — Sudha Kongara Copy Share Image
The focus of entertainment is taking away from what the public needs as news. I think investigative journalism will always be important and always… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
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In-depth reporting is expensive. It is much cheaper to have people sit around or on remotes and talk about politics like it's baseball. But… — Robert Kane Pappas Copy Share Image
And I realized that there was no sports reporter, so I started covering sporting events. — Ed Bradley Copy Share Image
Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil. — Leigh Steinberg Copy Share Image
Sports has become such a big business that the line between journalism and being a broadcast partner for all intents and purposes has been… — Dave Zirin Copy Share Image
Investigative reporting is the bone structure without which the journalistic body collapses. The Center for Public Integrity's constant and consistently enterprising investigative work is… — Alma Guillermoprieto Copy Share Image
As someone who has spent a lot of her career as an investigative reporter, I'll confess that a frustration of mine has always been… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
If you think I can't do it, I'll show you I can do it. Just remaining confident. Because if you don't, it's going to… — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
One of my dear friends became Michael Jordan. That gave me a lot of access there. But I had access to everybody from Larry… — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
When I was a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings, I lost in Super Bowl XI. It was a crushing defeat. Now I don't… — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
NBC producer Dick Ebersol always taught me that if you can show the fans what the players are like - and get the fans… — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
Some people get knocked down and they have a hard time getting back up. But when your mind is right and you have a… — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
Sports can unite a group of people from different backgrounds, all working together to achieve a common goal. And even if they fall short,… — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
Having been a football player, most viewers associated me with just that. It was tough to go from football to basketball, but what really… — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
That the Dream Team played against each other every day. The greatest games ever were the practice games they played. Everybody was talking smack.… — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
Defense has changed because you can't hand-check guys anymore. Back in the day, if you drove to the hoop against the Bad Boy Pistons,… — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
I wanted to represent African-American athletes in a better way than what I saw when I grew up. — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
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If you think you're doing everything right, then you have a tendency to stand pat. — John Stockton Copy Share Image
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I was in high school and I had an independent album out, and we kept sending that out, and I was doing shows. No… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
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“I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
When the dollar collapses, it's not doing it in a vacuum. If the dollar loses value, it's doing so relative to some other currency.… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image