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.

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

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

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.

Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.

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.