We talked about it for 2 days. The U.S. had everything to lose. We had everything to win. They had all the pressure.

The U.S. had everything to lose. We had everything to win. The U.S. had pressure. We didn't have pressure.

We talked the other day that the U.S. had everything to lose. And we had everything to win.

We were probably the only ones anywhere that believed we could win.

An immense body, encircling my delirium, a body made of wind and sunlight, crouching and stretching, encompassed the existence of the slightest human echo.

I gazed upon the earth and saw that a body, in its tender faithlessness, had located it in the sky. A splendid scarf of blood, looming above the abyss.