I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.
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.
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.
I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character. - Dick Schaap
I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.
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.
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.
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.
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