A biography for Skip Baylesshasn’t been written yet.
“For years I wrote newspaper columns mostly about the teams in my city. There was no cheering in the press box, and I fought to remain objective.”
“I'm perfectly fine with Pacquiao the Christian wanting to separate Mayweather from his senses.”
“I have too many psycho superstitions.”
“I'm a communist, man. I'm going to break the rules.”
“I certainly could be wrong, but I don't believe God decides athletic competitions.”
“Ochocinco had a rare instinct for making himself an almost daily story.”
“I am not, and never have been, a member of the 'White Establishment.'”
“Ever the coach's dream, Tebow embraced the role of punt protector.”
“Inch for inch, the 6-foot-3 Westbrook is the NBA's most sensationally talented player, a relentlessly explosive basket-attacker with a deadly pull-up jumper - a top-10 NBA player by any big-picture statistical measure from Player Efficiency Rating to Win Shares.”
“You will find no bigger media fan of Manziel's than I am.”
“Though I graduated from Vanderbilt, I was born into a family of crazed University of Oklahoma football fans and became one.”
“When I was a little kid going to Methodist church, I actually envisioned one day that I would become a minister but I never pursed that.”
“When you watch Chris Paul on the playoff stage, you often sense he is fighting two battles, one against his nature and one against his opponent.”
“Durant has developed a LeBron Complex, sounding like he wants to be his best buddy LeBron as well as beat him.”
“For my meal replacements, I eat way too many Quest bars. I think you should eat every three hours. I usually wake up once a night, and if I do wake up, I always eat a Quest bar to feed my machine.”
“Politics can cloud objectivity.”
“You know what, Tom Brady is unlike any quarterback I have ever followed or covered. He is shattering every mold of how a franchise quarterback should be on and off the field. He's just different.”
“Understand, I'm in awe of Tom Brady. He grows on me by the game.”
“Chris Paul, president of the NBA Players Association, can lead an entire league but can't lead his team when it really counts.”
“I raced a lot when I was in high school, street raced.”