Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.

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

I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.

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

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.

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

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.