George Plimpton - The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to...

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.

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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. George Plimpton

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pleasure sport chance indulge cessation time -- pitcher dawdling mound skier poised top mountain trail basketball player rough skin ball palm preparing foul shot tennis set point opponent-- savoring moment committing action

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