“Whenever women have made any social gains, whether it's being accepted as athletes or moving into the professions, it's going to be contradicted with an image of woman as small, diminished, reduced, brought back to a childish body. The result is that a lot of extraordinary power is going to be diverted into making oneself smaller than one is meant to be.” MadeBodyMovingSocialResultsGainsWeightExtraordinaryAthleteOneselfProfessionAcceptedMeant To BeBeing Accepted Author:Kim Chernin
“The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second.” MindImportantWinningSportsResultsRacePsychologyAchieveLosingAthleteSmall PartsWinning And LosingSports Psychology Author:Michael Johnson
“I think in my case winning fans came as a result of winning tournaments. Certainly, I didn't have too many supporters when I came on Tour. I didn't look like an athlete, I was overweight, had a crew cut, baggy clothes and on top of that I didn't smile much. I was very serious about my game, literally and figuratively the heavy.” ThinkingLooksGamesWinningResultsCasesCuttingFansSeriousClothesAthleteHeavyCrewSupporterTournamentsOverweightBaggy Clothes Author:Jack Nicklaus