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Dick Schaap [1934-2001] American

Rank: 104
Journalist, Sportswriter

Richard Jay Schaap was an American sportswriter, broadcaster, and author.

Sports

Quote	Tags	Rank
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.	Sports	101
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.		102
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.	Sports	103
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.		104
My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.		105
I was also in love with the English language.		106
In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure.		107
Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.		108
Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.		109
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.		110
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.		111
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.		112
Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.		113
If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.		114
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.		115
I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.		116
I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends.		117
I just can't believe all the things I did that decade.		118
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.		119
I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.		120
My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.		121
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.		122
Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali.		123
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?		124

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