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“She loved hockey. Loved the speed, the agility. The fights. The men. Brawny, sweaty, messy. They let their hair grown, though no one would…

— Stephanie Julian

“She dreamed by day of never again putting on tight shoes, of never having to laugh and listen and admire, of never more being…

— Dorothy Parker

“My true loves were and still are books and writing stories and daydreaming. Sports were merely a distraction keeping me from what I really…

— Roxane Gay

“Did she go to Washington Redskins football games, or follow the Nats baseball team?”

— Ken Follett

“Athletes, he believed, were simple, straightforward people, cruel and brutal if you like, but never petty. They knocked you down and hurt you, and…

— E.M. Forster

“A must-read full of humor with insight into the business of sports and the horse business.”

— Steve Byk

“Every daydream that involves the past sports in its hatband a ticket to the grave.”

— Tom Robbins

“This session is over. You don’t make demands of a Mistress for the purpose of sport.”

— Sarah Michelle Lynch

“She laughed when there was no joke. She danced when there was no music. She had no friends, yet she was the friendliest person…

— Jerry Spinelli

“Her heart sank, wondering why someone would possibly do something so hateful at an event that inspired millions. It still broke her heart to…

— T.K. Leigh

“There is nothing so momentary as a sporting achievement, and nothing so lasting as the memory of it.”

— Greg Dening

“Competing in an Olympics didn't scare her now. The thought of stepping up into the full roar of the crowd, in London, seemed simple…

— Chris Cleave