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

My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.

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 was also in love with the English language.

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.

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.