“Sports biography at its best. Rich in period detail, anecdote, and fresh perspective, Strong Boy paints both the good and the bad sides of success, as America's growing celebrity culture turned a simple Irish American gladiator into a national, in fact international hero. A very human story with profound parallels for our sports-obsessed culture today!” HumansFactsStoriesTodayAmericaCultureStrongSportsSidesSimpleBoysRichGrowingPerspectiveHeroPeriodsProfoundPaintInternationalDetailsObsessedBiographiesParallelsAnecdotesCelebrity Culture Author:Nigel Hamilton
“Comedy has sort of been my life-long obsession. I literally obsessed over comedy. I really didn't play sports - for me it was just comedy, computers and chess club; those were my big things.” LongPlayBigsSportsComedyComputerClubsChessObsessionObsessedBig ThingsLong Life Author:Chris Hardwick
“I take it so seriously as far as meditation, notes, visualization, preparation, everything. I take it a lot more serious than a lot of people that play this sport. I'm obsessed with the game that I play.” PeoplePlayGamesSportsMeditationSeriousNotesPreparationObsessedMmaVisualization Author:Jon Jones
“I am very obsessed with ballet now because it is a very difficult sport and a beautiful one because it is not about money. It's not like playing football or tennis - dance has no sponsors, it's just for the beauty. Maybe it is the only last pure sport.” LastsBeautifulSportsDifficultFootballPureObsessedTennisBalletSponsorsPlaying Football Author:Carine Roitfeld
“People's instinct when they hear someone is madly obsessed with Star Wars or Harry Potter or something like that, they think that it's odd and not as cool as being a massive sports fan or film nerd. But I think it's amazing and something that should be celebrated and definitely not looked down on or misunderstood.” PeopleThinkingShouldWarFilmStarsSportsFansInstinctOddObsessedMassiveHarry PotterNerdMisunderstoodPottersSports Fan Author:Tom Felton
“Although I grew up in Kansas City, ... I have always kept more or less au courant of Texas barbecue, like a sports fan who is almost monomaniacally obsessed with basketball but glances over at the N.H.L. standings now and then.” SportsCitiesFansGrewBasketballGrew UpStandingObsessedTexasNow And ThenGlancesKansasBarbecueKansas CitySports Fan Author:Calvin Trillin