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"When I started at the Globe 40 years ago, there were seven newspapers in Boston and now there are only two. There were only three or four television stations in Boston and now there are a dozen."
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"I think money in general hurts all sports."
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"The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty."
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"The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents."
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"I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings."
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"I predict that many teams will go out of business and the size of the leagues will be greatly reduced."
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"The future is electronic. It's radio, television and the Internet; it's not really newspapers anymore."
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"I don't think the players play with the same desire they once did."
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"There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting is shallow."
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"Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero."
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"I think almost every newspaper in the United States has lost circulation due to the Internet. I also think the Internet will lead to a lot of plagiarism in journalism."
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"In Massachusetts, scientists have created the first human clone. The bad thing is that in thirty years, the clone will still be depressed because the Boston Red Sox will still have not won a World Series."
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"We cut a few corners and brought the picture in under budget by $25,000, so Paramount let us go back to Boston with a small crew to shoot some additional footage."
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"I'm a kid from Boston."
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"For every $5 that Boston's economy sends up to Beacon Hill, the state gives only $1 back to us."
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"I'm definitely nervous and excited. I feel like I've been playing off-Broadway, not to say that Boston doesn't have a great theatre district or great theatre, but it's not going to Broadway; it's just a different city."
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"If Ted Williams just tip his cap once he could be elected Mayor of Boston in five minutes."
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"I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open."
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"My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!"
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"The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of murder victims, and this was the sense in which it was used at a four-day conference in early June at Boston College."
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"Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston."
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