Dick Schaap Quotes

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

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.

Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali.

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

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.

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?

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

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.

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

Golf is a bloodless sport-if you don't count ulcers.

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.

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 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.

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