9 “I Believe We Should ‘Coin a Phrase’ . . .”
13 “You Want to Accomplish Things”
16 “Haven’t We Done This Before?”
“Play cannot be denied. You can deny, if you like, nearly all abstractions: justice, beauty, truth, goodness, mind, God. You can deny seriousness, but not play.”
—Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens
“Sports constitute a code, a language of the emotions, and a tourist who skips the stadiums will not recoup his losses at Lincoln Center and Grant’s Tomb.”
—Wilfrid Sheed
“I’ve always loved sports. Basically, I just consider myself a fan.”
—Lamar Hunt