Author: Dick Schaap

Quotes

I was also in love with the English language.

I was also in love with the English language.

- Dick Schaap

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.

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

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

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

- Dick Schaap

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

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

- 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.

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

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

- Dick Schaap

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.

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

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