Age is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams At Any Stage In Your Life

LOVED this book...what a AMAZING woman!

As an ex-swimmer and viewer of Jon Stewart, I saw the author Dara Torres on the Daily Show promoting this book. This appealed to me not only because she was hot (let's face it, she is) but she was 41 at time of competition in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and she placed 2nd place in the 50m freestyle. It's basically the first and only competitive swimming book I've read and kind of makes me want to...more

As an ex-swimmer and viewer of Jon Stewart, I saw the author Dara Torres on the Daily Show promoting this book. This appealed to me not only because she was hot (let's face it, she is) but she was 41 at time of competition in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and she placed 2nd place in the 50m freestyle. It's basically the first and only competitive swimming book I've read and kind of makes me want to read more. I don't know how non-swimmers' would find the book, but there is certainly enough content to keep one's attention on the other facets of her life. The swim-lingo is explained well enough and the biographical moments were level-headed and more introspective than applying blame to anyone. It's a great read if only to inspire you in general and not when you are 30, 40 or 50.   hide

I love Dara, she's the best.

This was a very enjoyable book to read. I have read a few books lately with lots of drama and tragedy. I just wanted something fun and relaxing, this was definitely it. If you want a look inside the intricate world of elite swimming, this is it.

She is amazing!

"Age is Just a Number" is a memoir from one of the most successful and legendary Olympians the United States has ever had. You will read of all of her struggles and triumphs and feel her tenacity to push on. Dara's life is at times an emotional roller coaster from making Beijing one minute only to learn the next that her beloved coach, Michael Lohberg, is extremely ill and won't...more

"Age is Just a Number" is a memoir from one of the most successful and legendary Olympians the United States has ever had. You will read of all of her struggles and triumphs and feel her tenacity to push on. Dara's life is at times an emotional roller coaster from making Beijing one minute only to learn the next that her beloved coach, Michael Lohberg, is extremely ill and won't be making the trip. Her abusive first marriage and her attempts to keep the peace along with her struggles with infertility during her second marriage, shows us that she is just as human as the rest of us. But as she struggles with all of her adversity and enjoys her greatest triumph, the birth of Tessa Grace, she manages to persevere with the intentions of winning and accepting nothing less. In our eyes that's exactly what she did but in her eyes, that 1/100 of a second remains with her. This is what drives Dara. Not needing to be the best but wanting to be the best. This is what keeps her going to the pool and weight room, taking it one stroke at a time, one lap at a time and hoping, as we all are, that in 2012, 6 year old Tessa will see her mom win a gold medal in the 50m. If you have an adolescent daughter in need of a positive role model, make "Age is Just a Number" mandatory reading.   hide