The authors record this line from the detectives who interrogated him: "This man is a very good liar, who will need a long continuous interrogation, an intelligent gentleman, well instructed in the methods of interrogation".
BBC athletics commentator Brendan Foster said: "Sir Chris was a real gentleman and an intelligent man.
His book, released Tuesday in South Korea, refers to Blatter as "an articulate and intelligent man, but more like an impetuous child than a gentleman".
"These Libraries," he wrote, "have improv'd the general Conversation of the Americans, made the common Tradesmen & Farmers as intelligent as most Gentlemen from other countries, and perhaps have contributed to some degree to the Stand so generally made throughout the Colonies in Defence of their Privileges".
These are intelligent, committed, enthusiastic gentlemen!" The thing is, when I first got out there on the road and was writing about the Allman Brothers and Led Zeppelin and the Who and Lynyrd Skynyrd - and Neil Young; it wasn't the version of rock we think of today.
He was a kind, intelligent, generous man of integrity, wit and wisdom -- a true gentleman.
Sir Roger Moore said he was "such a wonderful and talented man", while Samantha Bond described him as a "great actor, great director - funny, flirtatious, intelligent, a true gentleman".
But "[l]ike many of us, this extraordinarily intelligent, self-effacing gentleman, who will turn 90 on April 20, may be kidding himself a bit about his own consistency," argues Stuart Taylor of the National Journal.
Men view photos and descriptions of prospective brides on the Web, and read their comments (Sample: "I am a pretty, long-legged blonde... I would like to meet a handsome, intelligent, warm and enterprising gentleman"), then request their addresses for a fee ($9 each for the first two from A Foreign Affair at www.loveme.com; $7 after that).
