Sportswriter Quotes

He had more sources and contacts than you could possibly imagine. You believed what he wrote. I can't think of a better tribute for any sportswriter. - Russell Schneider

At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter. - Luke Ford

At the time, I didn't realize the impact it would have. But the thing just kind of mushroomed. After the splurge in the press, the sports fans of the nation got interested in us along with other sportswriters. Our record helped, too. If we'd lost a couple, I don't think we would have been remembered. - Jim Crowley

And that's the thing that a lot of people don't really get and a lot of you guys (sportswriters) don't understand. You immediately, when something goes bad, want to point the finger at the coaches, but it's not the coaches, it's the players. Right now we're not getting the job done. We're making mistakes and missing plays, things that we control. The coach has no control over what goes on on the field. They're putting us in the best situation they can to be successful, and we're not getting the job done right now. - Brian Greene

A sportswriter is entombed in a prolonged boyhood. - Jimmy Cannon

[Played sportswriter Ring Lardner in] Eight Men Out. ... said it was a little scary. - Ring Lardner