The Winning Woman: 500 Spirited Quotes about Women and Their Sport

Here's a way to teach our daughters-and all young women-that there's nothing they can't accomplish This inspiring compilation of more than 500 quotations includes words of wisdom from Billie Jean... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762409436
• ISBN13: 9780762409433
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

This book rocks!

You can tell the author/compilor has a good sense of humor. At least, she does for intelligent readers. Who else would give Anna Kournekova so much space? She covers the lesser-knowns pretty well and tosses in just enough of the big wigs. I like this one. Definitely some zingers in here to counterbalance the "jocks are stupid" theory.

Scintillating, titillating, charming, disarming

This entry into the world of women athletes, painstakingly compiled by the indefatigable Molly Jay, is the first book that made me laugh out loud, choked me up, and incensed me - all on the same page! This is a roller-coaster of a book, a trip to Funland, and at the price, you should buy one for your car and one for your home.But seriously, this book has been compiled with a level of care and craft unusual for a book of this kind - or any compilation, be it of an editor's favorite cummings or hooks poems, or of Woolf or Stein's prose. Ms. Jay cannot possibly have been sufficiently compensated for the labor (albeit, clearly, of love) she has put into this work of hers. I only hope that the next time we see her work, she is more clearly reflected by it.

Book covers spectrum

Nearly every sport is covered here. Most of the quotes are one-line zingers and solicit belly laughs. Heros and headliners share the spotlight with lesser-known and quieter athletes. All sides of women's sports are represented, from chauvenistic commentators to classic courtside rivalries. It's a great gift for any athlete, young or old.