Lebron James and Tiger Woods lend their quotes to the history of sports video games on ESPN
Quotes from the feature:
NOLAN BUSHNELL (creator of Pong): The number of people who have said they have met their wife or husband playing Pong is extraordinary.
BO JACKSON (on Tecmo Bowl): Seen the game once, never played it. If you had to pick a team that you wanted to be you’d be the Raiders and pick Bo Jackson or you would be the Giants and pick Lawrence Taylor. Because Lawrence stopped everybody and the Raiders can be 4th down and 32 and they give you the ball and you go 80 yards.
DALE EARNHARDT JR: All these games are a way for you to live vicariously through a character and I always wanted to be a football player when I was young and growing up so that’s why I play Madden because that’s the closest I’m ever gonna get.
TIGER WOODS: All sports video games probably in the last decade have just become so real and so life-like. And now we’re able to do it online. You can compete against anybody anywhere around the world.
LEBRON JAMES: My favorite old school basketball games … “Bulls vs Blazers”… or Double Dribble. To have the opportunity to be on the cover of NBA 2K14 means everything.
