In Fifty Years Of Covering

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.

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.

I Worked With Rocky Graziano And Rocky Was Certainly A Character.

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.