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.

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.

Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.

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.

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 worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.