David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

the war.”
It makes no sense, unless you think
back to Lawrence’s long march across
the desert to Aqaba. It is easier to dress
soldiers in bright uniforms and have
them march to the sound of a fife-and-
drum corps than it is to have them ride
six hundred miles through snake-infested
desert on the back of camels. It is easier
and far more satisfying to retreat and
compose yourself after every score—
and execute perfectly choreographed
plays—than to swarm about, arms
flailing, and contest every inch of the
basketball court. Underdog strategies are
hard.
The only person who seemed to have