Olympic and World Championships medalist Darvis “Doc” Patton went to bed one night, and when he woke up the next day, he was old. Doc didn’t look any different, didn’t feel any different, and he certainly didn’t slow down, but he suddenly became known to the press as a veteran athlete, experienced, the elder statesman, or a dozen other euphemisms for old.
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