Age Is Just a Number

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.