Within a year of being fired as communications director of the New England Whalers hockey team, Bill Rasmussen went on to change sports history with the launch of ESPN in 1979.
That’s the kind of “making lemonade out of lemons” approach that the 86-year-old ESPN founder has embraced ever since, even when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, which he made public earlier this year.
“I just think anyone with a positive attitude is going to be successful. The less time you spend being discouraged, the better your life,” Rasmussen told TheWrap following a Q&a with ESPN staff in Los Angeles to commemorate the network’s 40th anniversary.
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“A day wasted moping around saying ‘woe is me,’ is not advancing the ball,” he added. “I just think life is here...
That’s the kind of “making lemonade out of lemons” approach that the 86-year-old ESPN founder has embraced ever since, even when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, which he made public earlier this year.
“I just think anyone with a positive attitude is going to be successful. The less time you spend being discouraged, the better your life,” Rasmussen told TheWrap following a Q&a with ESPN staff in Los Angeles to commemorate the network’s 40th anniversary.
Also Read: ESPN 'E:60' Special Digs Through the Ashes of Paradise in the Wake of Devastating Wildfire
“A day wasted moping around saying ‘woe is me,’ is not advancing the ball,” he added. “I just think life is here...
- 9/20/2019
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
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