Dick Schaap

Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#also #am #called #driven #i

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#cliches #permeated #prose

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#business #early #i #learning #life

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. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#came #clever #english #english language #game

I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#athlete #babe #babe ruth #basis #choose

I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#friends #good #good friends #got #i

I just can't believe all the things I did that decade. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#decade #did #i #just #things

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. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#clear #cliches #common #days #how

I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#bad #balance #been #boxing #could

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

#decline #hype #journalism #landmark #much