“I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against.”

“Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.”

“New York is the place where everyone will stop a championship fight to look at an usher giving a drunk the bum's rush.”

“Much as he is opposed to lawbreaking he is not bigoted about it.”

“Damon Runyon. A day-coach boy in a parlor car seat.”

“I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is six to five against.”

“Parenting is no sport for perfectionists.”

“It is naive to think that sport is above politics, that any kind of level playing field exists, or that sport allows the world to put its problems on hold.”

“Football combines the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.”