“Harold and I have a lot in common. He to has persevered
and stood fast for the principles
in which he believes.”
Muhammad Ali
“Harold, you help prepare me for the NBA.”
Mayor Dave Bing (NBA Hall of Fame)
“Harold
Bell has always provided a platform for those
without one.”
Jm Brown (NFL)
“Harold,
I am the Welterweight Champion of the World today
because you were there when no one else was.”
Sugar Ray Leonard, Boxing Hall of Fame
“Harold has always been a voice for people who didn’t have a voice.
He has always called
them as he saw it. He has been an inspiration
and motivation for me and a lot of other black broadcasters.”
James Brown (NFL CBS Sports)
“Harold
you have always been a voice for the people and
we love you for it.”
Judge Luke C. Moore (DC Superior Court)
“Harold Bell is a unique sportscaster, former athlete, youth
leader and social critic all Rolled
into one.”
Bill Taffe, (Sports lllustrated Magazine)
“Harold
Bell and Inside Sports makes sense.”
Red Auerbach (NBA Hall of Fame)
“Harold
Bell maybe controversial but I have yet to hear
anyone call him a liar.” Earl Lloyd (NBA Hall of Fame)
“Harold Bell is a One Man Community Action Program.
I
don’t think I have ever met anyone
like him.”
Nicholas Blatchford (Columnist Washington Star Newspaper)
“Harold I thank you and my office staff thanks you for
allowing us to
be a part of your annual Christmas
toy party for
needy children.” Senator
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)
“Harold Bell is the Godfather of sports talk---the good kind.”
Dick Heller, Washington
Times
“Harold Bell is the
Heavyweight Champion of sports talk.”
Don King (Boxing Hall of Fame)
“Harold: You are a treasure. You bless us all!”
Washington Post Columnist / Colbert I. King
“Harold
it is great to see you have reached back to help
others whose lives once resembled your very own.”
President Richard M. Nixon
“As his own success took him out of the projects, he could
not forget who he once was and where
he came from.”
Lou Stokes (D-Ohio)
“No one is indispensible, but there are some people more
necessary than others, Harold Bell is one of those people.”
Washington Star Newspaper Editorial
“Harold Bell is a One Man Community
Action Program
and this city is far better for him remembering where
he came from.”
Washingtonian Magazine