- Hype
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.
- Cliches
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Michael Jordan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan.
- Decade
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just can't believe all the things I did that decade.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Balance
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Jump
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- English Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was also in love with the English language.
- Nov 07, 2020
If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure.
- Horse
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020