When I Was Your Age...: Remarkable Achievments of Famous Athletes at Every Age from 1-100

by David Lewman, David Lewman

You may think its too late... or too early... to break a record. Not so. Pick an age from 1 to 100 and discover the glorious triumphs and various stumblings of great athletes - from the boy wonders to the late bloomers. It's remarkable what people can do...at any age.

Paperback

First published April 1, 1997

Reviews

[Sandy]

I was hoping for a little more organization. A little more info then one line per person. It just wasn't what it could have been.

[Roy Hudson]

This book, I assume, was written with the express purpose of making the reader feel worthless. It's not always the case, but that seems to be so for the first 50 pages or so. It didn't make me feel particularly bad about the age I become this year, though. The biggest entry for age 35 was Vincent Van Gogh getting into a fight with another artist, cutting off his own ear, and dropping it off at a brothel for delivery to one of the girls. I don't feel too bad about not having done that, nor do I plan to do so later in the year... but odds are, Van Gogh didn't exactly plan it out in advance, either...

[Amanda]

Reminder to oneself, you can do anything... look at all that was accomplished by many from 1-100.

[The_J]

Glass half full: as long as you draw a breath there is always hope for achievement
Glass half empty: Failure to achieve becomes a more ingrained habit

[Jim]

a lot of the "accomplishments" after age seventy include dieing.