We understand instinctively that being a prodigy wasn't [Wayne Gretzky's] platform for a lifetime's achievement; it marked the possibility of a highly specific, highly term-limited kind of performance. (Adam Gopnik)

We understand instinctively that being a prodigy wasn't [Wayne Gretzky's] platform for a lifetime's achievement; it marked the possibility of a highly specific, highly term-limited kind of performance.

Adam Gopnik

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