Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.

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

I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I knew how to spell, which seems to be a rarity these days.

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

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

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

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.