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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure. Dick Schaap Read Quote
My writing improved the more I wrote – and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down. Dick Schaap Read Quote
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 Read Quote
If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid. Dick Schaap Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
