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I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could n

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

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Its kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases its for the lack of a suitable hero. – Dick Schaap

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Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. – Ty Cobb

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Boxing, for me, its the beginning of all sports. Im willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think thats something innate in all of us. – Omar Epps

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Its a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer. – Patricia Heaton

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If I werent earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming. – Charles Barkley

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