Dying is no big deal. Living is the trick.

Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop.

Baseball is a dull game only for those with dull minds.

Any sportswriter who thinks the world is no bigger than the outfield fence in not only a bad citizen, but also a lousy sportswriter.

Unlike the normal pattern, I know I have grown more liberal as I've grown older. I have become more convinced that there is room for improvement in the world.

I think it's the real world. The people we're writing about in professional sports, they're suffering and living and dying and loving and trying to make their way through life just as the brick layers and politicians are.

I like to get where the cabbage is cooking and catch the scents.