As usual, the vegetarian tiger played as if he had dined on red meat all week: as if he had slept sweetly and spent all his waking hours on the practice court: as if his knees were made of steel cables; as if his only icons were the ball and the hoop.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "As usual, the vegetarian tiger played as if he had dined on red meat all week: as if he had slept sweetly and spent all his waking hours on the practice court: as if his knees were made of steel cables; as if his only icons were the ball and the hoop." in the context of ""Sport: Walton: Basketball's Vegetarian Tiger", TIME (February 25, 1974)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.