I’m pretty sure all you guys have seen those inspiring Nike commerical which have nothing to do with selling or marketing a physical product. It’s a commercial intended to motivate and inspire anyone with a dream or a passion. I found 5 such commercials that will help motivate you to aspire to be that person that you always wanted to be, to do that thing that you always wanted to do and to live that dream that you always dreamt of for yourself.
Michael Jordan – Maybe It’s My Fault
Kobe Bryant – “If You Really Want It”
No Excuses
Training
Michael Jordan – “Failure”
Dan Couch vs. The Streets of Seattle from Five Mile Media on Vimeo.
“Dan Couch shreds a run through the sketchy streets of Seattle on the NEW 78a Divine City Slashers and the upcoming P-40 Warhawk from Five Mile.” Grabbed from Robotmafia
Richard Colvaen – ‘Polimetria’ from Vlek Records on Vimeo.
A lil Low End Theory for your morning coffee.
Walt Hazzard, the former UCLA and NBA star who played on the Bruins’ first NCAA championship basketball team in 1964 and later coached the team for four seasons in the 1980s, died Friday. He was 69.
Hazzard’s family said he had been recuperating for a long time from complications following heart surgery. The school said Hazzard died at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center.
He had a stroke in March 1996 and made a strong recovery, but became less publicly active. He made occasional appearances at UCLA games in recent years.
Hazzard was co-captain of the 1964 national title team that went 30-0 under coach John Wooden. He averaged a career-high 18.6 points as a senior playmaking guard. He was chosen college basketball’s player of the year, having averaged 19.8 points in the NCAA tournament, where he was selected as the most valuable player.
As a junior, Hazzard led the Bruins with a 16.3 scoring average and they won 20 games for the first time since 1957. In his sophomore season, he averaged 13.2 points and the Bruins reached the Final Four for the first time in school history, losing by two points to eventual national champion Cincinnati in the semifinals.
Hazzard transferred to UCLA after spending one season at Santa Monica College.
In 1996, UCLA retired his No. 42 jersey.
“Walt was one of the pillars of UCLA’s first championship team in men’s basketball,” current coach Ben Howland said. “He was a great player and an outstanding coach at UCLA. He is a huge part of the Bruin legacy, and he left life-long memories for the Bruin faithful.”
Hazzard helped the U.S. win a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and played 10 years in the NBA, including a stint with the Los Angeles Lakers, who made him the No. 1 overall pick.
Hazzard averaged 12.6 points and 4.9 assists during his career with the Lakers, Seattle, Atlanta, Buffalo and Golden State. He ranked among the league’s top 10 in assists during six of his seasons. In 1968, he averaged 23.9 points and 6.2 assists, culminating in an appearance in the All-Star game.
During his four years as UCLA coach, the Bruins had a 77-47 record. In 1985, he led them to the school’s first NIT championship. In 1987, UCLA won the Pac-10 title and the league’s first postseason tournament with future NBA star Reggie Miller in the lineup. They finished with a 25-7 mark, losing in the second round of the NCAA tournament, with Hazzard selected league coach of the year.
“Thoughts and prayers go out to the Hazzard family on your loss,” Miller tweeted Friday night. “Coach Hazzard was not only a STUD point guard at UCLA under Coach Wooden…But a great Coach as well. He helped shaped me into the ball player I was, thanks so much Coach..”
The Bruins slumped to a 16-14 record the following year, and Hazzard was replaced by Jim Harrick for the 1988-89 season.
“This is a sad day for the UCLA basketball family,” Bruins athletic director Dan Guerrero said.
“Walt was the catalyst for Coach John Wooden’s first championship team and played the game with a style that excited Bruin basketball fans everywhere. He contributed to his alma mater in numerous ways, including as a student-athlete, coach and honored alum, and he will be greatly missed by all of us knew him.”
Before taking over at his alma mater, Hazzard coached two seasons each at Compton College near Los Angeles and Chapman College in Orange County.
In 1994, Hazzard re-joined the Lakers as a West Coast advance scout. After his stroke, he served as a special consultant to the team for another 15 years.
Lakers owner Jerry Buss said, “Walt was a man of extremely high character.”
Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said, “Not only was Walt an outstanding player, but his knowledge of the game was extremely valuable to our front office as well over the past 17 years. In the years since his stroke, he has been an inspiration to many of us with his perseverance and his passion for the game.”
Hazzard, a native of Wilmington, Del., starred at Philadelphia’s Overbrook High, where Wilt Chamberlain had played years earlier. During his three-year varsity basketball career, Hazzard led the school to an 89-3 record and two city titles. He also played baseball and ran track, and was student body president.
Hazzard is survived by wife Jaleesa, a Bruins song girl during the 1964 NCAA title season, and sons Yakub, Jalal, Khalil and Rasheed. During his NBA career, Hazzard converted to Islam and changed his name to Mahdi Abdul-Rahman. He felt the change was poorly received and cost him professional opportunities so he returned to using his given name professionally while remaining a devout Muslim.
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And now I’d like to introduce you to production titans- DJ Khalil and Chin. Who? DJ Khalil and Chin, producers of 5 unreleased songs on fight Night Champion, and who together have produced hits for Eminem, 50 cent, the Clipse and many more. Don’t let who they’ve produced music for, fool you, they aren’t your typical hip hop producers, they bring a whole new style and sound to their music and are true artists at their craft. With every song they bring a ton of flavor, energy and as Chin puts it- “boom-smack” to Fight Night Champion!
Whether people know it or not, they have heard your music, but please introduce yourselves, and let the world know your background and what artists you’ve produced music for?
DJ Khalil -My name is DJ Khalil and I am a staff producer for Dr. Dre (Aftermath Records) based in Los Angeles. I have produced music for Eminem, Dr. Dre, Jay Z, 50 Cent, Drake, Fabolous, The Game, The Clipse, etc.
Chin – Hey everyone my name is Chin. I’m from Toronto, Canada. Back in the day I had a group called Bass is Base and I still do my thing as a solo artist to this day. Now I live on the west coast of Canada and work out of a studio in Gastown, Vancouver. I’ve produced and done remixes for a bunch of Canadian artists from Esthero to Hot Hot Heat. With Khalil, I’ve produced and done work for the Clipse, 50 Cent and Eminem among others.
How long have you been producing music together and how did you meet?
DJ Khalil -I met Chin through our manager Greg Johnson in LA. We have been working together since 2007.
Chin –Wow. 2007…time flies!
Early on in the production of Fight Night Champion, we always felt that your sound really fit with the feel and look of the game; how would you best describe the sound of DJ Khalil and Chin?
DJ Khalil -We have so many different influences musically. I would say our music has some aggression but still melodic. There are different genres represented in our music such as rock, reggae, soul, etc.
Chin -I would describe it probably as “boom-smack”…lol. Has the boom-bap cause Khalil’s drums are the craziest there is! Then we smack you across the face with real instrumentation and strong arrangements which can get influence from Prog Rock to Reggae. I believe we really approach production from the standpoint of making songs and not “beats”.
Chin, you currently live and work in Vancouver, BC, while DJ Khalil, you live in LA, please explain your creative process and collaboration, while working in 2 separate cities?
DJ Khalil – We visit each other because we like to work in the same room. We also email ideas to each other frequently. Chin will send guitar and bass parts and I will put them together, then I send it back with drums and other sounds. Again we prefer to be in the same room though.
LA ALL DAY!
