My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.

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

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.

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.

Once upon a timeI fell in loveLost myselfAnd find another one.

The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one’s eyes without seeing anything.

I think of religion as man's attempt to reach God, and you can't do that.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

The best part was seeing fans and making new ones. I loved going to new places. I really had the time of my life out there.

The whole duty of humanity, from a Christian perspective is: 'To know God and to show God.'

The soul yearns to fly home on the wings of love to the world of ideas. It longs to be freed from the chains of the body.

It came as a surprise to find that a professional society and journal (Econometrica) were flourishing, and I entered this area of study with great enthusiasm.

I didn't want my music to be seen as examples of an electronic culture; I just wanted them to be thought of as pieces of music.

In the world I live in, 'not worse' is nearly as good as 'better'.