Words Of Note

October 4, 1999

Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words.

Archibald MacLeish, American poet

From 'Moonlighting on Yale Field' in 'Riding on Earth' (1978).

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