'The best man most of us know in Kansas City'
Bil Gilbert
October 06, 1980
So says one of Nick Haywood's People, a coterie of blacks and whites, of rich and poor, who all but idolize the tiny man whose success as a trainer of youthful boxers is partly attributable to his inability to read
Joanne Collins says, "People come to Nick early or they come to him late, but once they do, they always belong to him. And are proud of it."
That's true. It is also true that in the Nick Haywood Admiration Society every member sooner or later begins to participate in the organization's principal activity—which is speculating on why there is such a group. This newcomer suggests that the NHAS exists because a lot of people would like to be more like Nick Haywood, and they are encouraged to keep trying—because he is.