--- title: "4 Sally Jenkins Quotes - Famous Journalist (No Finish Line: My Life As I See It)" description: "Sally Jenkins is an American feature writer for The Atlantic Monthly, and author. She was previously a writer for the Washington Post, and a senior writ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sally-jenkins-82395.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Sally Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sally-jenkins-82395.jpg) # Sally Jenkins (1960) Journalist United States **4** quotes in **48** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Sally Jenkins is a journalist from the United States, best known for *No Finish Line: My Life As I See It*. ## Quick Facts About Sally Jenkins Born October 22, 1960 Nationality United States Profession Journalist Notable works No Finish Line: My Life As I See It ## About Sally Jenkins Sally Jenkins is an American feature writer for The Atlantic Monthly, and author. She was previously a writer for the Washington Post, and a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. She has won the AP Sports Columnist of the Year Award five times, received the National Press Foundation 2017 chairman citation, and was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize. She is the author of a dozen books. Jenkins is noted for her writing on Pat Summitt, Joe Paterno, Lance Armstrong, and the United States Center for SafeSport. ## Awards & Honors Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Sports Journalism ## Quotes by Sally Jenkins > [Physiologists and high-performance trainers understand now that the concept of 110 percent is no longer a smart way to train. Fitness is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-jenkins/physiologists-and-high-performance-trainers-understand-now-that-the/) Sally Jenkins [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/sally-jenkins-69100_blades_physiologists-and-high-performance-train_848061.jpg) > [Assimilating college sports into the university would prevent them from being run as autonomies or fiefdoms. And you don't need an NCAA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-jenkins/assimilating-college-sports-into-the-university-would-prevent-them/) Sally Jenkins [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/sally-jenkins-69100_active_assimilating-college-sports-into-the-uni_969310.jpg) > [Fitness if like the blade of a knife; you want to sharpen it without ruining the blade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-jenkins/fitness-if-like-the-blade-of-a-knife-you-want-to-sharpen-it-without/) Sally Jenkins [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/sally-jenkins-69100_blades_fitness-if-like-the-blade-of-a-knife-you_2709974.jpg) > [No pro football player should die of heatstroke, any more than cholera, in this day and age if the most basic attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-jenkins/no-pro-football-player-should-die-of-heatstroke-any-more-than-cholera/) Sally Jenkins [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/sally-jenkins-69100_age_no-pro-football-player-should-die-of-hea_3069152.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-jenkins/#itemlist", "name": "Sally Jenkins Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Physiologists and high-performance trainers understand now that the concept of 110 percent is no longer a smart way to train. 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