Age Is Just a Number by Dara Torres

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Age Is Just a Number by Dara Torres

From legendary Olympic gold medalist Dara Torres comes a motivational, inspirational memoir about staying fit, aging gracefully, and pursuing your dreams.

Dara Torres captured the hearts and minds of Americans of all ages when she launched her Olympic comeback as a new mother at the age of forty-one--years after she had retired from competitive swimming and eight years since her last Olympics. When she took three silver medals in Beijing--including a heartbreaking .01-second finish behind the gold medalist in the women's 50-meter freestyle--America loved her all the more for her astonishing achievement and her good-natured acceptance of the results.

Now, in Age Is Just a Number, Dara reveals how the dream of an Olympic comeback first came to her--when she was months into her first, hard-won pregnancy. With humor and candor, Dara recounts how she returned to serious training--while nursing her infant daughter and contending with her beloved father's long battle with cancer.

Dara talks frankly about diving back in for this comeback; about being an older athlete in a younger athletes' game; about competition, doubt, and belief; about working through pain and uncertainty; and finally--about seizing the moment and, most important, never giving up. A truly self-made legend, her story will resonate with women of all ages--and with anyone daring to entertain a seemingly impossible dream.

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Dara Torres has set three world records and brought home twelve Olympic medals, including four golds. She is the first American swimmer to have competed in five Olympic Games. She is the author of Age is Just a Number and lives in Florida with her daughter, Tessa.

From the Hardcover edition.

SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780767931908
ISBN 10 0767931904
Title Age Is Just a Number
Author Dara Torres
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2009-04-07
Number of pages 227
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.