"In the early years of the Roaring Twenties, American women not only won the right to vote but they also earned headlines along side their male counterparts during the Golden Age of American sports. Michael Bohn shares an engaging story of how two sports heroines, tennis player Helen Wills and swimmer Gertrude Ederle, helped embolden women to seek self-fulfillment by challenging the status quo."

-- Donna de Varona

#Sports Quotes #Player Quotes #Self Quotes

“The best design is the simplest one that works.”
“Oftentimes, those special brains, the ones that are capable of focusing more intently than others, do so at the expense of emotional maturity”
“I hate change more than almost anything.”
“Suppose you could gain everything in the whole world, and lost your soul. Was it worth it?”
“Only in the present do things happen.”
“He was WBC champion, I was mandatory. He had his opportunity to earn big money and defend against me, and he chose not to. It's as simple as that. He did not want to fight 'The Cobra', cos he knew he was probably going to get one of these (his fists) on the chin and it was going to be all over.”
“I don't honestly think people know what acting is.”
“I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.”

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