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Dick Schaap Inspirational Quotes (13)
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Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.
Dick Schaap
My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.
Dick Schaap
Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.
Dick Schaap
My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.
Dick Schaap
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
If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.
Dick Schaap
I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.
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.
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.
Dick Schaap
Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.
Dick Schaap
Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot like fighting him. He would fake you in and then he'd drop you.
Dick Schaap
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
It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero.
Dick Schaap