Commentator Vladimir Gomelsky in an interview with , he recounted how his mother advised him to quit journalism after his first report failed.
Vladimir Gomelsky is a four-time USSR basketball champion with CSKA. Due to an Achilles tendon injury, he ended his athletic career in 1976, after which he became a coach. A few years later, he made his debut as a commentator.
— You sometimes give pretty harsh evaluations to basketball players. Are you also demanding of your work? Are you reviewing reports and correcting errors?
— All my life, my family has been my harshest critics. After my first report in December 1989, I came to see my mother, who had already watched it. And I am ashamed and ashamed there. And my mother told me: “Volodenka, this is not yours, you don’t need to do this anymore. I didn’t listen and continued.
And now Larisa, my wife, is debriefing me. That’s why I like it when she sits next to me and doesn’t hear me while she works as a commentator. Sometimes I make mistakes, but those who don’t do anything don’t make mistakes,” Gomelsky told .
On October 20, Vladimir Gomelsky turned 70 years old.
Source : MatchTV
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