E-mail a friendApril 12, 2005
Veteran sports exec Pat Williams, author of How to Be Like Jackie Robinson, reflects on the baseball great's legacy. Music superstar Rev. Al Green shares how he balances secular and gospel music.
Pat Williams
Pat Williams
Pat Williams is one of America's best-known sports execs. After 10 years in major league baseball, he's worked with several NBA teams, including the Orlando Magic, which he co-founded. Twenty-three of his teams have gone to the playoffs. Twelve of his ex-players became head coaches and 17 became assistant coaches. A motivational speaker, Williams has written more than 30 books, including How to Be Like Jackie Robinson. He and his wife are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from other countries.
Rev. Al Green
Rev. Al Green
Nine Grammys and induction into the Gospel Music and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame proves that Rev. Al Green is a superstar in two musical genres. The son of an Arkansas sharecropper, Green was singing gospel at age nine. At 16, he fronted an R&B group with some high-school friends, which led to a record deal. He went on to phenomenal success as both singer and songwriter. At the height of his popularity, he went into the ministry. Green's new CD, 'Everything's OK,' marks a return to southern soul.