Paper Lion Quotes

“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, Paper Lion

“The players say that of Vince Lombardi of the Packers,” I said. “That he was once a player’s coach, and that the pressure in Green Bay changed him into a martinet… removed him from his players.”
― George Plimpton, Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback

“Besides, good swearing is used as a form of punctuation, not necessarily a response to pain or insult, and is utilized by experts to lend a sentence a certain zest, like a sprinkling of paprika.”
― George Plimpton, Paper Lion