He Still Has The Same Way Of

The Pleasure Of Sport Was So Often The Chance To Indulge The Cessation Of Time Itself--the Pitcher Dawdling On The Mound, The Skier Poised At The Top Of A Mountain Trail, The Basketball Player With The Rough Skin Of The Ball Against His Palm Preparing For A Foul Shot, The Tennis Player At Set Point Over His Opponent--all Of Them Savoring A Moment Before Committing Themselves To Action.

It Is Also One Of The Pleasures Of Oral Biography, In That The Reader, Rather Than Editor, Is Jury.

The New York Times Published The Guest List On The Front Page. The Masks Were A Brilliant Concept.

The Smaller The Ball Used In The Sport, The Better The Book.

I Never Understood People Who Don't Have Bookshelves.