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Dick Schaap Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Journalist
Nationality: American
Born: September 27, 1934
Died: December 21, 2001

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I was also in love with the English language.
Dick Schaap

Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.
Dick Schaap

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

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

Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot like fighting him. He would fake you in and then he'd drop you.
Dick Schaap

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

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

Definitions

Clear, Common, How, Kind, Knew, Leaning, Least, Place, Rarity, Spell, These, Think, Vivid, Were, Which, Writing