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

#because #carrier #could #curve #hit

I was also in love with the English language. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#english #english language #i #language #love

I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#character #i #rocky #worked

If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#dollars #five #got #i #more

In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#course #covering #dominant #far #fifty

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

#both #boxing #cases #characters #decline

My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#brown #chamberlain #jackson #jim #jim brown

My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#good #good writing #i #improved #more

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

#generally #him #love #might #mike

Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#more #than