Black Players

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or players:

    “But who would rush at a benighted man,
    And give him two black eyes for being blind?”
    —Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

    “People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
    —Don Delillo (b. 1926)