What Else is There to Say About Robert?

I always enjoyed Robert's sardonic humor. What else is there to say about the life of Robert Lansdorp? In the past 2 months we've put up portraits from two of the best writers in tennis, Barry Buss (Click Here) and Mark Winters (Click Here.) But Robert had a big impact on Tennisplayer in the early days—a huge positive for us but also (as he acknowledged) for him. So here is that story. My friend and longtime Tennisplayer contributor Allen Fox made the introduction and shortly thereafter I drove down to southern Cal to do our first interview. Now this was in the days before Siri, and I got fully lost. I called Robert to apologize and say I'd be 30 minutes late. That was when I heard the bark for the first time, but not the last. I thought he was gonna cancel, but after berating me for awhile for wasting his valuable time he relented. And with better directions from Robert I was on my way. Music When I arrived and went to the front door, I could hear music, acoustic guitar and singing—it was nice music, pretty and resonant. Robert didn't open the door til the song was...