Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American journalist Ralph Wiley.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Ralph Heygood Wiley Jr. was an American sports journalist who wrote for Sports Illustrated and ESPN's Page 2. He was well known for his distinctive literary tone and his writings on race in America.
Boxing was on the one hand barbaric, unconscionable, out of place in modern society. But then, so are war, racism, poverty, and pro football. Men died boxing, yet there was nobility in defending oneself.
A real player is somebody who never gives up, who keeps thinking all the way through, who's scared, (darn) right, but plays through being scared.