Quotes by Red Smith

“I like to get where the cabbage is cooking and catch the scents.”

“The natural habitat of the tongue is the left cheek.”

“My best girl is dead.”

“He had splendid conformation-broad shoulders, white hair and erect carriage-and was beautifully turned out in an ensemble of rich brown. One was inclined to hope he would, in the end, award first prize to himself.”

“Look at him and youd think hes 16. Talk to him and you think hes 26. Talk baseball with him, and youd think hes 36.”

“Ive had many writing heroes, writers who have influenced me. ...When I was very young as a sportswriter I knowingly and unashamedly imitated others ... But slowly, by what process I have no idea, your own writing tends to crystallize, to take shape. Yet youve learned some moves from all these guys and they are somehow incorporated into your own style. Pretty soon youre not imitating any longer.”