I Wanted To Be A Sportswriter Because

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.

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.

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.

I Think On Balance, Don King Has Been Bad For Boxing. I Think He's Done Some Very Good Things And I Think He Did A Heck Of A Job Of Promoting Ali But I Think I Could Have Promoted Ali.

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.