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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.

~Dick Schaap

Topics: Ball Because Carrier Could Curve Hit Jump Loved Opposing Shot Sports Sportswriter Wanted

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I was also in love with the English language.

~Dick Schaap

Topics: Also English English Language Language Love

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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.

~Dick Schaap

Topics: Adjectives Clear Cliches Common Days How Kind Knew Leaning Least Mistakes Place Rarity Seems Spell Think Vivid Were Which Writing I Think

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

~Dick Schaap

Topics: Down Good Good Writing Improved More Read Shakespeare Writing Wrote

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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.

~Dick Schaap

Topics: Art Decline Hype Journalism Landmark Much Shrinking Simpson Story

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

~Dick Schaap

Topics: Alimony Also Am Driven Muse Wonderful I Am

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Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

~Dick Schaap

Topics: Adjectives Cliches Prose

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I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

~Dick Schaap

Topics: Began Business Early Learning Life Very

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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.

~Dick Schaap

Topics: Being Came Clever English English Language Game Gifts Hook Intrigue Language Leads Many New Observant Reader Stories Up Using I Came

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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.

~Dick Schaap

Topics: Ali Athlete Babe Babe Ruth Basis Choose Did Jordan Michael Michael Jordan Most Necessarily Ruth Significance Significant Then Vote You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: September 27th, 1934

Died: December 21st, 2001

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