In November, 1964 when I was a patient at the Mayo Clinic I though seriously about killing myself.
To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman.
The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer.
It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of that is something you have no right to hope for, but we all do.
Old #64 chose... a gentle jog, fast enough to prove I was alive, slow enough to savor the cheers. They washed over me. They warmed me. I knew I could live without them but I loved them.
We will pay any price that we are instructed to. But the money has to come from somewhere.
