The tennis great is entitled to be prickly about what is written about him \u2013 but social media pile-ons do him no favours<\/p>\n
In an Edinburgh park, shortly before shooting an unsuspecting dog in the backside with an air rifle, Sick Boy imparts his philosophy to Renton. \u201cAt one point you\u2019ve got it. Then you lose it and it\u2019s gone for ever. All walks of life. George Best, for example. Had it, lost it. Or David Bowie, Lou Reed. Charlie Nicholas, David Niven, Malcolm McLaren, Elvis Presley.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we all get old, we cannae hack it any more and that\u2019s it? That\u2019s your theory?\u201d<\/p>\n
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