I just can't believe all the things I did that decade.

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I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote...

I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote...

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

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

I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit...

I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit...

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

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

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

Today, it's money. There's no question about that. Unless you endorse a grill that cooks...

Today, it's money. There's no question about that. Unless you endorse a grill that cooks...

I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.

I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.

It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse...

It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse...

Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but...

Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but...

Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport...

Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport...

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

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

I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done...

I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done...

Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when...

Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when...

My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing,...

My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing,...

All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J....

All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J....

Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but...

Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but...

In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the...

In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the...

I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by...

I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by...

I was also in love with the English language.

I was also in love with the English language.

I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in...

I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in...