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“Black sweater, bulging with sharp-pointed equipment. ‘She’s a dancer,’ said Abie, explaining everything. ‘Great legs, Forbsey. With legs”
― Gordon Forbes, A Handful of Summers

“He never trained, seldom practised, smoked a lot, drank beer, sat in damp clothes and cold winds after his matches, stayed up all night, slept in locker-rooms,”
― Gordon Forbes, A Handful of Summers

“self-centred people, such as tennis players, often choose mates that look the same as they do.”
― Gordon Forbes, A Handful of Summers

“like hers, you don’t need arms!”
― Gordon Forbes, A Handful of Summers

“Alvarez talks to his racket. Sometimes when he’s playing badly he throws it on the ground and walks round it in a circle, scolding it. His racket, it seems, is responsible for nearly all of his bad shots. I envy him his alibi. How about going into the dressing-room after a match and saying, ‘I played great! My racket was”
― Gordon Forbes, A Handful of Summers

“In every close match ever played, you always fought two things – your opponent and the fear inside you, and the worse of the two was the fear.”
― Gordon Forbes, A Handful of Summers