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Dick Schaap
American
Journalist
Born:
Sep 27
,
1934
Died:
Dec 21
,
2001
Ali
Good
More
Think
Writing
You
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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
Sports
Opposing
Carrier
Could
Because
Sportswriter
Ball
Jump
Hit
Wanted
Loved
Curve
Shot
If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.
Dick Schaap
Think
More
Column
Got
Still
Overpaid
Dollars
Five
Than
Paid
Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.
Dick Schaap
Wonderful
Alimony
Driven
Also
Am
Muse
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
Game
Language
Clever
Hook
Intrigue
Gifts
Observant
Leads
New
Reader
Came
Up
Being
Stories
English
English Language
Many
Using
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
Writing
Mistakes
Think
Spell
Adjectives
Kind
Rarity
Vivid
Seems
Clear
Knew
Days
Leaning
Cliches
How
Least
Were
Common
Place
Which
I was also in love with the English language.
Dick Schaap
Love
Language
Also
English
English Language
In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure.
Dick Schaap
Ali
Sport
Course
Years
Covering
Dominant
Far
Fifty
Muhammad
Figure
Muhammad Ali
Today, it's money. There's no question about that. Unless you endorse a grill that cooks hamburgers and steaks, where else can you make the kind of money that you can make in the ring if you're good?
Dick Schaap
Today
Good
You
Money
Else
Unless
Kind
Ring
About
No Question
Make
Hamburgers
Question
Endorse
Where
Grill
Cooks
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