Word: racketeer
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...other thing, dramatically, that affects the music: Dillinger was from the old school, and he came up against organized crime, which made more money on the numbers racket in a minute than they could have made on a great score on a bank. So there was a collision there between Dillinger and the type of criminals that didn't want to be really noticed as they were raking in the money. That affects the music as well - organized versus off-kilter...
...point of delusion. He's very realistic and rational. But that's not a knock on him. He displays real humanity, and you rarely get that with an athlete of his caliber. And it shows you how physically gifted he is, how good he is with a racket, that he has been so successful even without this samurai mind-set. Nadal is the opposite in some ways. He can blow a two-set lead, lose match points and still be absolutely confident that he's going...
...which time eventually levels all. Perhaps Laver, now 70, says it best, "I just love to watch Roger hit the shots. I just enjoy the spectacle." While it is still fresh, we should savor the memory of those beautiful shots: the ball rising from the clay to Federer's racket, the great man seemingly lifted into flight...
...myself against anyone with a wooden racket, I'll say that...
There's a huge difference. In my career, everyone used a little wooden racket. You see players today standing 10 feet behind the baseline and hitting clean winners. That's when I say to myself, "This is not a game I know much about." There's always a lot of talk on whether today's players could play with a wooden racket. I'm sure Federer could. But other players would battle just to enjoy the game with a wooden racket. They'd make so many mistakes...