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American sportscaster and author (d. 2001), Birth: 27-9-1934 Dick Schaap Quotes
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Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.
Dick Schaap

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Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.
Dick Schaap

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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

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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

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

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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.
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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 three or four months.
Dick Schaap

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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

Quote Topics by Dick Schaap: Sports Thinking Writing Sugar Boxing Good Writing Wonderful Chamberlain Columns Fake People Three Kings Curves Squash Aggravation English Language Art Horse Good Friend Golf Cliche Games Winning Clever People Muse Book Brown Dollars Changed
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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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Golf is a bloodless sport-if you don't count ulcers.
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I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.
Dick Schaap

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Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.
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I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.
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I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends.
Dick Schaap

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I was also in love with the English language.
Dick Schaap

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