I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I knew how to spell, which seems to be a rarity these days.
I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life. - Dick Schaap
I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.
- Dick Schaap
Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every … - Dick Schaap
Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every …
Golf is a bloodless sport-if you don't count ulcers. - Dick Schaap
Golf is a bloodless sport-if you don't count ulcers.
My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down. - Dick Schaap
My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.
If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid. - Dick Schaap
If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.
Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport. - Dick Schaap
Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.
In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure. - Dick Schaap
In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure.
All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism. - Dick Schaap
All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.
I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character. - Dick Schaap
I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.
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