He's big enough, at 6-foot-7 and 320 pounds, to intimidate anyone he meets. But Orlando Pace goes the other way, threatening no one, living a life of restraint and control, a big man holding back. Watch him at a fancy St. Louis steakhouse, his sheer mass nearly filling a banquette designed for two, eating his 12-ounce filet and baked potato politely, quietly, even daintily. He refuses wine, balks at an appetizer,
passes on dessert.
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