Robert Lipsyte Quotes

• Most people quit. If you don't quit, if you rewrite, if you keep publishing in fancier places, you will understand that "What's the secret?" is not the question, which is, "Are you having fun?"

  Robert Lipsyte

  Fun, Writing, People

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• It's the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward.

  Robert Lipsyte

  Men, Climbing, Rewards

  Robert Lipsyte (1967). “The contender”

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• The infectious values and myths transmitted by bad sportswriters may be the deadliest words in the paper.

  Robert Lipsyte

  Paper, May, Myth

  Robert Lipsyte (1975). “Sportsworld: an American dreamland”, Crown

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• The biggest journalistic game-changer of our time has been the rise of social media and the overgrowth of faux news sources - league- and team-sponsored blogs, player tweets, fanboy sites, rumor mills - churning bits of information and speculation into a clattering fog storm. Who will cut through the drivel and whim-wham to tell us what's really going on?

  Robert Lipsyte

  Team, Cutting, Player

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• Little boys are still playing the game [baseball], more little girls are playing, and it is still the world's most interesting game, a duel, a chess match, a foot race, a gymnastics exhibition, that rare opportunity for individuals to be recognized within a group effort.

  Robert Lipsyte

  Girl, Sports, Baseball

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