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.

Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

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.

If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.

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.

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.

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 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.

Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot like fighting him. He would fake you in and then he'd drop you.

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.

The pianokeys are black and whitebut they sound like a million colors in your mind

[He was aware] of the value of the word of praise dropped at exactly the right moment

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

Material power that is not counterbalanced by adequate spiritual power, that is, by love and wisdom, is a curse

It is easier to give all your goods to feed the poor, or not to have any goods - only your virtues, to boast of - than it is to judge the rich with charity.

I stagnated in prison a long time, and I have wasted most of my life.

Being a showrunner is tough, but it is incredibly rewarding and it is, without a doubt, the best job I've ever had.

I've been given so much, and if I can just give back a tenth of what I've been given, then it's all worth it.

It is my guiding confession that I believe the greatest error in economics is in seeing the economy as a stable, immutable structure.

I'm one of the few people who understands how producing technology requires intuition and creativity, and how producing something artistic takes real discipline.