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MARAVICH (ISBN 1-894963-52-0) is a biography of "Pistol" Pete Maravich written by Wayne Federman and Marshall Terrill, in collaboration with Pete's widow, Jackie Maravich. It was published by Sport Classic Books in January 2007. ESPN called it, "the definitive biography of Pistol Pete Maravich."

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[edit] Quotes from MARAVICH (Athletes)

“Pistol Pete is a legend to all who understand the history of basketball.”
Jason Kidd

“I’ve got a lot of Pistol Pete in my game.”
Steve Nash

“He was one of the truly great players that could fill an arena. He was an excellent player. He could dribble with both hands, shoot with both hands, and see the whole court. I enjoyed playing with Pete. His biggest influence to my mind was his ability to pass. When he stepped on the court, it was like a warning sign: ‘Watch out. I know how to play this game.’”
Larry Bird

“Through following basketball and enjoying his flair for the game, I feel as though I knew him. He was a great scorer and a great passer at the same time. The passes he made were unbelievable. He was so ahead of his time.”
Earvin "Magic" Johnson

“Pistol was big influence on me. I’ve often tried his moves on the basketball court. What he did on the court are things that players, today, still can’t do.”
Isiah Thomas

“He was the original. When you talk about ‘Showtime,’ you talk about creativity, and bringing a whole different concept to the game of basketball. Pete was the original. He opened the minds of a lot of players as to how the game should be played. What he could do with the basketball at full speed was incredible. He was the best ball handler I ever saw. Ever.”
Pat Riley

“The way Pete played transcended the game. He was an artist. His canvas was the floor and his brush was the basketball. Only one guy got to be Elvis. And only one guy got to be Pistol Pete.”
Paul Westphal

[edit] Quotes from MARAVICH (Journalists and Announcers)

“He was a startling player. One of a half dozen I’ve ever seen who I’d buy a ticket to see play. He was as dazzling a passer and as great a ball handler as I’ve ever seen. He was like a great singer with a style all his own, a pacing that was different, a flair for the unusual.”
Chick Hearn Laker Announcer

“He was unstoppable. It’s as if they had melted down all 12 Harlem Globetrotters and then filled up this skinny 6-6 white frame with everything they had.”
Ralph Wiley ESPN

“He personified why I love basketball; why I enjoy watching it; writing about it; why sports itself is such an important part of human existence.”
Curry Kirkpatrick Sports Illustrated

“The man was a true virtuoso. There were no Pete Maraviches before he came along, and there never has been since. This Mozart of the Hardwood....”
Bob Ryan Boston Globe

“He was to basketball what the Sgt. Pepper album was to pop music: revolutionary and liberating.”
Bob McEwen Rochester Times Union

[edit] About The Authors

Marshall Terrill is a veteran reporter for The Chandler (Ariz.) Connection and is the author of 12 books, including the best-selling Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel. Terrill has written books with sports figures such as basketball legend David Thompson and boxers Ken Norton and Earnie Shavers. He recently finished Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business with Memphis Mafia member Sonny West, which will be published in 2007.

Wayne Federman is an actor, comedian, and writer. He has appeared in more than dozen movies including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 50 First Dates, and Legally Blonde as well as on television's Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Larry Sanders Show, and The X-Files. He has his own half-hour stand-up special on Comedy Central. Wayne served as senior consultant on the Emmy-Award winning documentary, Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich.

[edit] Reviews and Recommendations

“The definitive biography of Pistol Pete Maravich.”
ESPN

“Spectaculer. A great new book written by Wayne Federman and Marshall Terrill in collaboration with Jackie Maravich. An incredible read. Outstanding research on Pete Maravich and his life.”
Bill Walton

"It’s essential for Maravich completists, especially for the reassessment of his pro career and for anecdotal feats of basketball wizardry, like his delivering on a boast to hit 100 jumpers from beyond 25 feet without missing two in a row. It also contains the single most convincing statistical refutation of the charge that Maravich was a selfish gunner: in the N.B.A., when he scored more than 40 points, his team won 82 percent of its games, compared with Jordan’s 69 percent and Allen Iverson’s 68."
The New York Times Book Review

“This is the book I thought would never be written. The complete story of Pete Maravich. I recommend it wholeheartedly.”
James Carville

“It examines Maravich’s life more comprehensively (better research, better detail, tons of pictures).”
Bill Simmons
ESPN The Magazine

"Some of the details of Maravich's unlikely life -- a tyrannical father; a suicidal mother; a conviction that the nation's food producers, drug merchants, and doctors were all in league against us; and, of course, the aforementioned voice -- a novelist couldn't invent without blushing, but that's part of what makes this biography of one of basketball's most brilliant and ill-fated stars so compelling."
The Boston Globe

"Thanks to a sublime effort by authors Wayne Federman and Marshall Terrill, the story of "Pistol" Pete Maravich is offered up to a whole new generation of basketball fans.  It is, simply, the definitive work on one of the greatest players the sport has ever known. MARAVICH, published by Sport Classic Books, is a masterpiece.  It takes a near mythical figure and makes him real all over again, and in the process makes us care about the man whose talents were alternately -- some would say simultaneously -- a gift and a curse.  It also explores the incredible relationship between Maravich and his father, Press."
Michael D. McClellan
Celtic Nation

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