"It quickly occurred to me that ballplayers didn't much care for sportswriters and that I didn't much care for ballplayers. They were coddled and pampered and, worst of all, they were jocks like me and tended to be ignorant of the world. I preferred watching ball games from a distance, where it was easier to suffer illusions about the poetry and grandeur of competition, so I gave up the sports beat and became a news reporter at the Oakland Tribune. Every assignment there—murder, mayhem, ribbon cuttings, courtroom drama, meetings and more mayhem—was an education."
- Steve Lopez, The Soloist
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