Great quote

Roger Federer Unbuttoned.



http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/opinion/09iht-edcohen.html



Roger Cohen, a New York Times columist, writes an amusing piece on Federer's near perfect performance and appearance at Wimbedon. Whilst briefly dwelling on Federer's superhuman qualities he balances the picture with some discussion of Federer's recent hissy fit at a Miami tournament when he broke one of his rackets.



Rather than use a quote from Federer on the incidence (which he possibly couldn't get), Cohen effectively used a quote (see bold below) from a fellow NY sport's writer to build some humour into the scene.



My colleague Christopher Clarey wrote then that it “was like watching the owner of a health food store start fumbling through his desk drawer for a long-lost pack of cigarettes.”



I think it was unusual not to quote the subject of the story but it worked because Clarey is an authority and it was funny. Given the whole article was tongue in cheek and opinion it worked.



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