I don't think the players play with the same desire they once did.

When I started at the Globe 40 years ago, there were seven newspapers in Boston and now there are only two. There were only three or four television stations in Boston and now there are a dozen.

There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting is shallow.

I received $100 per week when I started working at the Globe after graduation.

I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.

Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.

The future is electronic. It's radio, television and the Internet; it's not really newspapers anymore.