Sentence examples for legend talking from inspiring English sources

"When Chrissie and Martina were winning 36 majors," Billie Jean King, the tennis legend, talking pure performance, not personality, recalled of the Chris Evert versus Martina Navratilova rivalry of the late '70s and early '80s, "everyone was complaining about only two good players, no depth.

As far as Levine could see, nothing could be more inspirational than this Miami Heat basketball legend talking to them about teamwork and doing your best.

They also serve to hopefully sway public opinion or raise awareness, as Magic Johnson did when many people, prior to the basketball legend talking about his own HIV diagnosis in 1991, simply saw it as a taboo epidemic that only the affected the gay community. .

The song peaked and ended as Legend talked smack on Edith, the second Crawley daughter.

Ahead of his Bestival show, the soul legend talks about Motown, Jacko and Winehouse.

It will be a rare treat to hear Moritz himself, a Silicon Valley legend, talk about how he helps companies through good times and bad, not selling a single share until well past the IPO.

I saw the two loitering outside of Tim Horton's last Monday, so I caught up with them and spent the afternoon walking around with the legends, talking about how to become a successful, celebrity drifter.

Winter Wonders In an audio slide show, with original photographs shot by Dan Winters for The New York Times, nine Olympic legends talk about their memories of the games and life after competition.

Watching Will Smith in I Am Legend talk about the wonders of Converse was embarrassing, and shoe-horning plugs into scripts will annoy consumers as much as heavy-handed advertising.

PAGE A16 A Talk-Show Legend Talks As he prepared to be honored by the Museum of Television and Radio, a chatty Merv Griffin, 79, shared celebrity-filled stories and even a few secrets (like how to get Bette Davis to open up), gleaned from a lifetime in front of and behind the camera.

His adorably rotund bulldog Puddy scampers around his feet as Legend talks about his new album.