![]() ![]() Some men never get to feel that way about anything. Sarah Packard: You're not a loser, Eddie, you're a winner. You make shots that nobody's ever made before. Feel the roll of those balls, you don't have to look, you just KNOW. ![]() It's a piece of wood, it's got nerves in it. You know, it's uh - pool cue, it's got nerves in it. It's like all of a sudden I got oil in my arm. Arguably Tevis’ best known novel is The Hustler all that is mentioned regarding the writing of the book is that he worked in a friends pool hall for a summer when he was in college, and wrote the. It's a great feeling, boy, it's a real great feeling when you're right and you KNOW you're right. If Walter Tevis the person is hard to see, Walter Tevis the writer is absolutely missing, there is nothing of what inspired Tevis’ novels. Cause he's got everything workin' for 'im: timing, touch. he's comin' into the stretch, the pressure's on 'im, and he KNOWS. He's sittin' on his horse, he's got all that speed and that power underneath him. When I'm goin', I mean, when I'm REALLY goin' I feel like a. If he knows what he's doing and why and if he can make it come off. ![]() I don't care, BRICKLAYING can be great, if a guy knows. You know, like anything can be great, anything can be great. ![]() Just hadda show those creeps and those punks what the game is like when it's great, when it's REALLY great. once at Ames with Minnesota Fats and then again at Arthur's, in that cheap, crummy pool room, now why'd I do it, Sarah? Why'd I do it? I coulda beat that guy, coulda beat 'im cold, he never woulda known. ![]()
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