We lift upper and lower estimates from linear functionals to n-homogeneous polynomials and using this result show that l ∞ is finitely represented in the space of n-homogeneous poly-nomials, n ≥ 2, for any infinite dimensional Banach space. Refinements are also given. The classical Dvoretsky spherical sections theorem [5,13] states that l 2 is finitely represented in any infinite dimensional Ba...