Mary Pilon

I'm a realist about who really reads books and who acts like they read books.

— Mary Pilon

Banning sports is a ludicrous proposition.

— Mary Pilon

I think that my main business is as a news person.

— Mary Pilon

Virtual reality has an exciting future and oodles of room to grow.

— Mary Pilon

Journalists know that often you don't grab stories, they grab you.

— Mary Pilon

We spend millions on fitness each year, yet we seem to get fatter.

— Mary Pilon

I'm astonished at how quickly the Great Recession came and went.

— Mary Pilon

Like Barack Obama's father, Trump's mother was an immigrant. But Trump doesn't often bring up his Scottish ancestry on the campaign trail.

— Mary Pilon

Money can be a reflection of our perceptions of power, self-esteem, personal history, fears, and happiness.

— Mary Pilon

The fall of Rome seemed unthinkable to people at the time but inevitable to historians reflecting upon it with the benefit of…

— Mary Pilon

Some Americans, like those working in government or nonprofits, know the consequences of having their salaries public.

— Mary Pilon

Increasingly, football fans are arguing that the game is bloated with too much down time. The officiating is clumsy.

— Mary Pilon

Wall Street trading floors have long been seen as bastions of testosterone that rewarded, literally, those with sharp elbows who could throw…

— Mary Pilon

No one in my family was a journalist, and it didn't seem like a real job. Part of me still doesn't think…

— Mary Pilon

Sports like sailing, rowing, and bobsled have long vexed spectators and television producers.

— Mary Pilon

Generations of thinkers have made typewriters their frenemies, and long before there were Gmail inboxes, print correspondence stacked up, some hastily written…

— Mary Pilon

When most people think of Tae Kwon Do - which, in the United States, is not all that often - they think…

— Mary Pilon

In the 1880s, women were decades away from earning the right to vote. Few owned property - if they were even permitted…

— Mary Pilon

Women in finance bore the brunt of layoffs more than their male counterparts during the Great Recession in 2008 and were also…

— Mary Pilon

Precisely at the moment when an athletic career is most on the line and fan perceptions of a Herculean, supra-human performance are…

— Mary Pilon

Some communities are formed through schools, churches, workplaces. But much of how we learn about one another as a society comes from…

— Mary Pilon

As the U.S. prison population has surged over the decades, the legal profession's distaste for former inmates has become more conspicuous. And…

— Mary Pilon

Despite the laserlike focus it generates, 'Tetris' has no clear endpoint and no easily defined opponents. Unlike with most other video games,…

— Mary Pilon

I was an ambidextrous child, and the symmetry of roller skating was a welcome respite from my awkwardness with physical activities that…

— Mary Pilon

Yachting may call to mind champagne flutes and seersucker, but danger and risk have always been a part of the America's Cup.

— Mary Pilon

Because sports are a religion, it's difficult to imagine a world without the Olympics, and to be sure, they have given us…

— Mary Pilon

Without federal assistance, most elderly Americans would be unable to afford long-term care - and most nursing homes would be unable to…

— Mary Pilon

A 401(k) is essentially a basket of mutual funds intended to help people save for retirement.

— Mary Pilon

In reporting, you will often be humbled by the courage others have in telling and trusting you with their tale, no two…

— Mary Pilon

Using a typewriter, at times, feels more like playing piano than jotting down notes, a percussive exercise in expressing thought that is…

— Mary Pilon

Once you let go of the idea of waiting for a magical lightning bolt of genius to hit, you can really get…

— Mary Pilon

Recognizing chronic sadness may encourage someone to reach out to a friend, family member, or counselor rather than concealing the distress.

— Mary Pilon

Football, like boxing, will never go away, just occupy a different role in the American zeitgeist.

— Mary Pilon

As it turns out, just hanging out around athletes doesn't actually make one more fit.

— Mary Pilon

Typically, if a politician makes immigration an issue, it's because of the belief that immigrants are taking jobs from Americans.

— Mary Pilon

The conditions for harassment are built into the very structure of the trucking business, beginning with the training process.

— Mary Pilon

It's still thrilling, even if my work is something that people even pretend they're interested in on a first date or at…

— Mary Pilon

Much like film, authors spend a fair amount of time alone in the creative process, tossing their work out into what can…

— Mary Pilon

Sports fandom transcends gender, race, language, political preference, socioeconomic status, or any other way you can think of slicing this planet.

— Mary Pilon

In a culture obsessed with happiness, Americans may not be allowing for acceptance that it's OK to sometimes not be perky.

— Mary Pilon