The Beauty of the Game

As you watch these kids play, with all of their physical gifts, it's like any other kind of art -- dance, music, fiction.

The passion of the moment is what is most striking. I could write an opera (if I could write music) called "The Dance of the Defender." My own defender put on a clinic yesterday down in Palo Alto.

I have no music to offer, so you'll just have to hear it in words.

No fear. Look at his eyes. Look at his mouth. He watches, he smiles, he anticipates. The striker wants the ball, he wants to score, but he can't because he is overmatched.

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