In Geoff Dyer’s interesting book “The Last Days Of Roger Federer and Other Endings” people getting old are warned against the risk of being “reduced to letting the clock go round.” It is a risk to which the old all too easily succumb instead of trying to remain productive and creative to the end.
There are many reasons why we succumb. One – certainly for me – is that watching sport is such a pleasant way of “letting the clock go round.” And these days we are captivated by so much good sport to watch.