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

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

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.

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

I was also in love with the English language.

Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months.