Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends.

Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.

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

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

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.

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