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The hard times are best. You know all about him during the hard times. You have read all the stories, read the books, listened to all the commentators. He is at his best when the chips are down. Isn't that what they say? You love to watch him when the chips are down. He somehow seems to breathe slower when everyone else breathes fast, seems to have a different metabolism.

--From "An American Dream", Sports Illustrated, December 24, 1990; by Leigh Montville

Photograph by Tony Tomsic

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