Dick Schaap Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Today, it's money. There's no question about that. Unless you endorse a grill that cooks hamburgers and steaks, where else can you make the kind of money that you can make in the ring if you're good?”

“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.”

“I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.”

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