“To help me get the player buy-in and trust. For that, I’ll always be indebted to those two guys in particular.”

“I’ll always be indebted to him for that.”

That the moment his performance dips, or his motivation wanes, or his body breaks down to a point beyond repair, he won’t be indebted to anyone or any team.

He always will be indebted to the bottom line and to the billionaires whose water he’s paid to carry.

When “The Infatuations” won the state-run National Novel Prize, one of Spain’s highest literary awards, he rejected the $20,000 in prize money, saying he did not want to be indebted to a government of any kind.