THE MAN IN THE ARENA
I was interviewing the director of the Theodore Roosevelt society when I first encountered the quote. About a week later I was watching the “Indian”, a movie about a famous motorcycle speed record, when Anthony Hopkins playing the record braking motorcyclist quoted some of the lines from Roosevelt’s arena.
The other “arena” that has always spoke to me was the Bullfighter’s in JFK’s favorite quote. I always took it to be a reinforcing reminder to those in Roosevelt’s arena.
