L. Jon Wertheim quotes
-
“While THE NEW COOL takes the reader inside a season, limns a team and coaching staff, and masterfully recounts a gripping competition, this is anything but your conventional sports book. And not simply because the 'big game' is...a curious robotics contest. Like the kids he vividly captures, Neal Bascomb has himself performed a masterful bit of engineering here.”
-- L. Jon Wertheim -
“Like a versatile baller, George Dohrmann swings seamlessly from position to position: investigative journalist, social critic, gifted storyteller. The result is a gem of a book that addresses THE question central to contemporary basketball: how does such an unseemly culture spring from such an essentially beautiful game? You'll come away rooting harder than ever for the kids and harder than ever against the basketball profiteers.”
-- L. Jon Wertheim -
“Maria Sharapova is her own empire. She herself personally makes more in revenue than the entire WTA tour.”
-- L. Jon WertheimSource : Source: www.npr.org
-
“As long as I have my legs and commitment to the team, then I'll keep playing.”
-
“As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.”
-
Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.29, Simon and Schuster
You may also like:
-
Al Michaels
Sportscaster -
Brad Gilbert
Coach -
Lindsay Davenport
Tennis player -
Mary Carillo
Sportscaster -
Michael Bamberger
Writer -
Monica Seles
Tennis player -
Peter Bodo
Author -
Serena Williams
Tennis player -
Steve Rushin
Journalist -
Jeff Pearlman
Writer -
Patrick McEnroe
Tennis player -
Tom Verducci
Sportswriter