Dick Schaap

Journalist

1934-09-27

Quotes by Dick Schaap

• Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.

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• My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.

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• 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.

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